Clinical Nurse Specialist Tracheostomy Management Improves Patient Outcomes.

Background: Patients with a tracheostomy are a low-volume, high-risk population with long lengths of hospital stay and high health care costs.

Problem: Because of the complex nature of caring for patients with a tracheostomy, it is essential to provide a standardized care approach with ongoing monitoring to optimize outcomes.

Approach: A pre/postimplementation design was used.