Instituting a Life-Changing Emergency Response Plan: Because Life Happens to All of Us (FR478)

As palliative care professionals, we pride ourselves on advocating for and supporting our patients, their families and even other staff members during challenging times. While providing excellent care to others, however, we can overlook the needs of our own team members. Prior to our dedicated action plan, the spouse of a team member died. When our leadership team's uncoordinated response to this tragic event fell short, a member within one of our teams approached her site director. She calmly stated: “We can do better. We do this every day for our patients and families.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 25, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Joanne G. Kuntz, Tammie E. Quest, Jabeen Taj, Paul L. DeSandre, Rebecca Chester, Lynn Bunch O'Neill, Michael Schmitt, Kimberly A. Curseen Source Type: research