Purpose: The purpose of this evidence-based practice project was to implement and evaluate the use of a nurse-initiated palliative care screening tool in the emergency department (ED).|Background: ED visits for exacerbations ...

Early identification of palliative care needs in hospitalized patients is critical for clinicians to provide timely and effective interventions at the specific level of palliative care required by the patient and their ...

Pediatric death is an unfortunate fact of life. When children, families, and healthcare providers have to experience an end-of-life situation, palliative care (PC) is a needed available resource for consult. Despite the ...

Background: Heart failure (HF) is a progressive, incurable, complex disease that limits both the physical and psychosocial qualities of life (Francis, Sonnenblick, Wilson Tang, & Poole-Wilson, 2008; Goldstein & Lynn, 2006). ...

Presentation Purpose: The purpose of this project was to identify adult heart failure patients with unmet palliative care needs in the primary care setting. The goal was to focus on implementing a palliative care assessment ...

Advance directives are an under-utilized and under-discussed tool to guide practitioners in caring for patients who are unable to advocate for themselves. Advance directives are traditionally established during a patient ...

No standardized screening tool for the assessment of a patient's needs for palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) exists. This retrospective, descriptive, exploratory study examined the Center to Advance Palliative ...

Problem: Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of death in the United States and unfortunately there is no cure for the disease. A mainstay of therapy focuses on symptom management and quality of life, which involves ...

Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to implement palliative care communication education into medical residents’ ICU rotations.|Background: Approximately 540,000, or over 20%, of patient deaths in ...

Each year many families are affected by the loss of a child. Some families may be aware that their baby’s life will be short-lived and yet other families are left to deal with difficult decisions immediately after their ...