Targeted Education Improves Knowledge and Confidence in Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Workflows and sEEG Nursing Care
Abstract number :
2.099
Submission category :
13. Health Services (Delivery of Care, Access to Care, Health Care Models)
Year :
2025
Submission ID :
612
Source :
www.aesnet.org
Presentation date :
12/7/2025 12:00:00 AM
Published date :
Authors :
Presenting Author: Derek George, MD – University of Rochester Medical Center
Tanisha Lewis, MS RN CNL – University of Rochester Medical Center/ Golisano Children’s Hospital
Melissa LoPresti, MD, MPH – , University of Rochester Medical Center/ Golisano Children’s Hospital
Evelyn Berman, MD, MS – University of Rochester Medical Center/Golisano Children’s Hospital
Rationale: The implementation of a pediatric Stereo-electroencephalography (sEEG) program requires specialized nursing education to facilitate successful patient care during the monitoring period. At our institution, we identified a knowledge gap among our nursing staff regarding sEEG monitoring in pediatric patients.
Methods: We developed a two-part education curriculum consisting of recorded lectures and in-person didactic sessions focused on providing knowledge and solutions to unique nursing care considerations on general EEG practices, intracranial EEG, sEEG workflow, and post-sEEG nursing care. A six-question anonymous pre-curriculum survey and six-question post-curriculum survey were provided to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurses. Likert-scale survey items assessed general knowledge of EEG monitoring, specific knowledge of sEEG, and confidence in caring for pediatric patients during the monitoring period. Pre-/post-surveys were identical except for the final post-survey question. Survey responses were converted to ordinal numeric values for statistical comparison using the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test with an alpha < 0.05
Health Services (Delivery of Care, Access to Care, Health Care Models)