Search
Now showing items 1-5 of 5
ELNEC COVID-19 communication resource guide: Helping families saying goodbye virtually to loved ones in the nursing home and hospital
(End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), 2020-08-13)
Helping family members say goodbye to loved ones who are dying in the hospital or nursing home is difficult in the best circumstances. With COVID-19, visitation is often not allowed and family have to say goodbye using ...
ELNEC COVID-19 communication resource guide: Supporting a new graduate nurse colleague
(End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), 2020)
Transition from student to clinical practice as a new registered nurse can be overwhelming. The coronavirus pandemic has compounded the usual stressors and puts new graduates at high risk for stress, compassion fatigue and ...
Communication in a palliative care setting: The use of shadow box as a strategy
(2017-08-17)
Communicating with palliative patients and families is a fundamental yet difficult skill for nursing students to acquire. While many nursing programs didactically instruct palliative theory, actual hands on application ...
ELNEC- COVID-19 communication resource guide: An APRN telephone death notification to family tool
(End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), 2020)
Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) are having to notify family members of patients with COVID-19 about the patient's death by telephone. This can be quite difficult if the APRN is not comfortable making the call. ...
Palliative care: Improving eligible patient identification to encourage early intervention
Palliative care (PC) encompasses a holistic way of caring for patients and families with chronic disease or life-limiting illness through optimal symptom management. Individuals in need of PC has reached 20 million annually ...