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Feasibility and Acceptability of Reiki Therapy for Children Receiving Palliative Care in the Home
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Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: CE Tests Source Type: research

A Survey of Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses' and Holistic Nurses' Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care
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Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: DEPARTMENTS: CE Tests Source Type: research

Cross-cultural Validation of the Spiritual Interests Related to Illness Tool-Korean Version
This study aimed to adapt the original Spiritual Interests Related to Illness Tool (SpIRIT) for use in Korea (SpIRIT-K) and to assess its reliability and validity as a tool to determine the spiritual needs of terminally ill Korean patients and their caregivers. After translation–back-translation and content validity indexing, SpIRIT-K was administered to 106 terminally ill patients and 105 family caregivers in 20 sites across South Korea. SPSS and AMOS were used for evaluating validity and reliability. The 37-item SpIRIT-K consisted of 8 factors (subscales), with each subscale consisting of between 3 and 8 items. Evidenc...
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Global Exemplar Series Source Type: research

Feasibility of an Intervention Study to Support Families When Their Loved One Has Life-sustaining Therapy Withdrawn
This study demonstrated feasibility and acceptability of the interventions and follow-up questionnaires when families make the difficult decision to withdraw treatment. Strategies are suggested to strengthen statistical power. (Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing)
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Effectiveness of an End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Training on Registered Nurses' Educational Needs in Providing Palliative and End-of-Life Patient Care
This study aimed to investigate the impact of a professional development intervention among registered nurses on their educational needs in providing palliative care. Using a 1-group pretest-posttest design, a convenience sample of registered nurses completed an electronic survey containing demographic questions and the End-of-Life Professional Caregiver Survey. The professional development intervention consisted of an 8-hour training conducted by a content expert on palliative patient care addressing the competencies developed by the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium. The results revealed a significant increase in ...
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Impact of a Nurse-Driven Opioid Titration Protocol on Quality of Orders at End of Life
At our community teaching hospital, orders for end of life often lacked instructions to titrate opioids based on evidence-based principles and failed to address nonpain symptoms. An order set and a nursing-driven opioid titration protocol were implemented in August 2016 after extensive education. The purpose of this retrospective preintervention and postintervention study was to evaluate the impact of this intervention on the quality of end-of-life orders. We evaluated 69 patients with terminal illness receiving morphine infusions. After implementation, more morphine infusion orders included an as-needed bolus dose with an...
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Interprofessional Team Approach Using Standardized Patient Simulation to Facilitate Person-Centered Quality Healthcare in Home Hospice Care Setting
Hospice care requires person-centered holistic approaches from interprofessional health care teams. Traditional curricular models include teaching hospice care in discipline-specific didactic settings. There are limited opportunities for prelicensure students to engage in real-life and hands-on hospice care. Students are often observers and lack meaningful interactions with patients, families, and interprofessional teams. Using “IPEC Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice” and “AACN CARES” as the framework, nursing and social work faculty collaborated to develop, implement, and evaluate an i...
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Roles and Responsibilities of Nurses in Advance Care Planning in Palliative Care in the Acute Care Setting: A Scoping Review
Palliative care focuses on symptom management, discussion of treatment and care decisions, network organization, and support of the family. As part of the advance care planning (ACP) process, staff nurses in the acute care setting are often involved in all of the above areas. It is yet unclear what nurses' roles and responsibilities are and what skills are needed in the ACP process. The themes that staff nurses and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) discuss in relationship to ACP are manifold. This scoping review demonstrates that staff nurses' core role is advocating for the wishes and values of patients with any...
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Feasibility and Acceptability of Reiki Therapy for Children Receiving Palliative Care in the Home
Reiki is often used but not well studied in children. Yet, this gentle, light-touch therapy promotes relaxation and is appropriate for those receiving palliative care. This quasi-experimental pre-post mixed-methods 1-group pilot study examined the feasibility and acceptability of Reiki therapy as a treatment for children aged 7 to 16 years receiving palliative care. During the study, we recorded recruitment, retention, data collection rates, and percent completion of the intervention. Structured interviews with the mothers and verbal children were conducted to elicit their experience. Qualitative data were analyzed using t...
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Evaluating the Benefit of Bereavement Mailings at a Large Pediatric Center
The Boston Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Bereavement Program has supported bereaved parents for three decades following the death of their child from cancer or blood disorder. An analysis of the current bereavement program as well as a review of up-to-date literature is crucial to maintaining and continuously improving the program. To evaluate the current practice, a 22-item Likert-type survey was mailed to 216 bereaved parents who utilized the bereavement program during a four-year period. Results from the program evaluation, particularly the qualitative remarks from bereaved parents, along with analysis of cu...
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Supporting Interprofessional Engagement in Serious Illness Conversations: An Adapted Resource
Communication is vital to quality palliative care nursing particularly when caring for someone with a chronic life-limiting illness and their family. Conversations about future decline and preferred care are considered challenging and difficult and are often avoided, resulting in missed opportunities for improving care. To support more, earlier, better conversations, health care organizations in British Columbia, Canada, adopted the Serious Illness Care Program inclusive of the Serious Illness Conversation Guide developed by Ariadne Labs. Workshops for interprofessional team members have been held throughout the province. ...
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

A Survey of Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses' and Holistic Nurses' Perceptions of Spirituality and Spiritual Care
This study found that given adequate resources and education, nurses can be positioned to address the spiritual needs of patients and provide appropriate care. This study adds to an emerging body of evidence suggesting that training in spiritual care should be an important component of the foundational nursing curriculum. (Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing)
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Changing the Culture of Pediatric Palliative Care at the Bedside
The benefits of palliative care services have been widely documented; however, many organizations are unable to financially support the number of professionals needed to meet the growing demand. Nurses receive minimal training in palliative care, and the resulting knowledge gap can lead to a lack of confidence when providing the essential aspects of palliative care. Recognizing the needs of patients and staff, one organization created a Palliative Care Champions Program to support and educate bedside staff. The Champions received initial and ongoing education, allowing them to function as liaisons to the Palliative Care Te...
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

End-of-Life Interventions for African Americans With Serious Illness: A Scoping Review
Older African Americans (AAs) with serious illness experience disparities in advance care planning, access to palliative care and hospice, and decision-making at end of life. While culturally specific drivers of care outcomes have been identified, little has been done to standardize integration and application of targeted elements of end-of-life (EOL) interventions for AA populations. A scoping review was conducted to describe and evaluate the benefit of culturally targeted EOL interventions for AAs. A computerized search of empirical and gray literature was completed. Twelve full-text articles, 1 brief report, and 1 abstr...
Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Palliative Nursing: The Core of COVID-19 Care
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Source: Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing - January 5, 2021 Category: Nursing Tags: Special Article: COVID-19 Source Type: research