Caring for The Dying Patient: A Quality Improvement Project on Nursing Education and Confidence Regarding Comfort Measures Only (CMO) Patients in the Hospital Setting (QI709)
Most nursing schools provide little to no education on end-of-life care. Due to staffing changes and the closure of a local hospice unit there was an increase in CMO patients dying at the hospital on specialty floors. Hospital leadership requested palliative care education to be provided to nursing staff.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Michael McKenery, Denise Verosky, Andrew Thurston, Katherine Sebesta Source Type: research
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