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UrduSupporting a loved one as they near the end of their life can be confronting. Palliative care is there to help but such services are not equally accessible to all Australians, particularly those in rural areas.
Tag: end-of-life care
Patients’ Families Are A Key Factor in End-of-Life Care at Rural Hospitals
Nurses at critical access hospitals rate family behaviors and attitudes as dominant factors to providing end-of-life care, similar to their counterparts at large, urban medical centers, suggesting that caring for dying patients has much in common regardless of rural or urban location
Rutgers Faculty Receives Grant to Improve End-of-Life Cancer Care
Paul Duberstein, chair of the Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy at Rutgers School of Public Health and associate research member at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has received a New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research grant to evaluate the impact of a communication intervention that seeks to improve the care of patients with advanced cancer.
What does ‘do not resuscitate’ mean? Varying interpretations may affect patient care, reports American Journal of Nursing
When patients have a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order, it means they have chosen not to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). But hospital nurses report significant variations in the way DNR orders are perceived or acted on in clinical practice, reports a survey study in the January issue of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
ELNEC Project Reaches Historic Milestone with One Million Nurses and Other Providers Trained in End-of-Life Care
The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project is ending 2020 by surpassing a goal established 20 years ago with the project reporting that more than 1 million nurses and other professionals have been trained using the ELNEC curriculum. Administered through a partnership between the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and City of Hope (Duarte, CA), ELNEC achieves this significant milestone in November, which has been designated as National Hospice and Palliative Care Month.
Nudges Combined with Machine Learning Triples Advanced Care Conversations Among Patients with Cancer
An electronic nudge to clinicians—triggered by an algorithm that used machine learning methods to flag patients with cancer who would most benefit from a conversation around end-of-life goals—tripled the rate of those discussions.
Mount Sinai Researchers Investigate Racial Disparities In End- of Life -Care
In an original investigative study, “Evaluation of Racial Disparities in Hospice Use and End-of-Life Treatment Intensity in the REGARDS cohort,” published in JAMA Open Network today, researchers with the Icahn School of Medicine describe racial disparities at the end of…
Public does not grasp idea of ‘futile treatment’ for critically ill patients
A new UCLA study suggests the general public does not fully grasp the meaning of the terms “futile treatment” or “potentially inappropriate treatment,” although the concept is important to understand so that families can make fully informed decisions for their loved ones.