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COVID-19: Loss, grief and bereavement information
(End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), 2020)
Patient deaths from COVID-19 have been very difficult for families who are unable to be with loved ones during their dying process and at the time of death. Nurses at the bedside are providing support and fostering hope ...
Exercise & spiritual practice for stress reduction, health and well-being
(End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC), 2020)
Nurses caring for patients with serious illness must take care of themselves in order to be able to care for others. The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged nurses in ways they have never faced before. Taking care of oneself ...
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. ...
ELNEC Core Module 1: Palliative Nursing Care
(2018-07-03)
Describe the role of the nurse in providing quality palliative care for patients across the lifespan. Identify the need for collaborating with interdisciplinary team members while implementing the nursing role in palliative ...
ELNEC Pediatric 2018: Module 1
(2018-07-03)
Principles of Hospice & Palliative Care for Children
Child and family as unit of care with attention to caregiver support
Adolescents and young adults have distinctive needs
Attention to physical, psychological, social, ...
Assessment of nursing knowledge in palliative care
Background: Acute care nurses are challenged in caring for chronically and terminally ill patients. Many nurses do not have the knowledge or comfort level in handling ethical challenges or palliative care (PC) discussions ...
A process evaluation of an outpatient palliative care program: A quality improvement project
(2017-11-28)
Palliative care has evolved from providing care for patients near end-of-life into a specialized discipline focused on addressing the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of patients throughout the trajectory of an illness. For patients with metastatic cancer, timely referrals to palliative care are essential in order to have a meaningful impact on their quality of life. Recommendations for screening patients for palliative care have been offered by professional organizations; however, screening all patients with metastatic cancer poses many challenges. This quality improvement project conducted a process evaluation of an outpatient palliative care program and evaluated the feasibility of utilizing a screening tool in an effort to readily identify patients with metastatic cancer that have palliative care needs in an outpatient cancer center. Although nurses’ compliance with the screening tool was less than expected, screening for palliative care needs in this setting resulted in more referrals to palliative care compared to physician referrals. Improvements in quality of life were found in patients who received a palliative care consultation and patients were very satisfied with the care provided by palliative care. The potential for financial improvements was observed as a result of this project.
Key words: palliative care, metastatic cancer, screening, process evaluation...
Short-Stay Palliative Pain Management for Southwestern VA: Process Improvement Plan
The increased demand for palliative care services has led to concerns regarding workforce knowledge specific to palliative pain management for patients with life-limiting illnesses. Educational preparedness of nurses along ...
Education and Implementation of POLST Protocols in Northern Arizona
(2017-09-01)
Provider orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) is a medical order set that is signed by a physician, nurse practitioner, or a physician assistant and describes how patients wish to be cared for regarding their medical ...