Going home after a child’s cardiac surgery: education for safe care

ABSTRACT Objectives: to validate the content and appearance of the booklet “Going home after a child’s cardiac surgery” and assess family members’ cognitive learning regarding its use. Methods: a methodological and quasi-experimental study of before and after type, with semi-structured interview, pre-test and reading of the booklet in a hospital; post-test and validation occurred after hospital discharge. Wilcoxon non-parametric statistics were used. Results: nineteen family members of children with heart disease participated. The average of correct answers increased 14 percentage points from pre- to post-test; most were medication errors. There was a significant difference (p