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Palliative Care and the Emergency Department

Kerry J. Eby
- 01 Mar 2008 - 
- Vol. 10, Iss: 2, pp 73-75
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This article is published in Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing.The article was published on 2008-03-01. It has received 4 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Emergency medical services & Emergency department.

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A Comparison of Lecture Versus Lecture Plus Simulation: Educational Approaches for the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Course

TL;DR: A pilot study that compared 2 educational approaches to teaching emergency nurses the ELNEC curriculum increased the knowledge base of both groups showed no statistical significance in knowledge base between the 2 educational approach.
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Improving the experiences of palliative care for older people, their carers and staff in the Emergency Department using experience-based co-design

TL;DR: This thesis aims to clarify the purpose and structure of the thesis, and the author’s motivation for writing it, and aims to provide a chronology of events leading to this point.

Impact of a Self-Learning End-of-Life Module on Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude

TL;DR: This chapter discusses the design and implementation of a self-learning module for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care, and findsings and Interpretations in relation to Recommendations and Clinical Implications.
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A Comparison of Educational Approaches to the End-of-Life-Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Course

TL;DR: As terminally ill patients continue to use the emergency department for pain and symptom management and end-of-life care, emergency staff must be provided with educational opportunities and resources regarding end- of- life care.
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Emergency nurses' perceptions of obstacles and supportive behaviors in end-of-life care.

TL;DR: The 2 items with the highest perceived obstacle magnitude scores for size and frequency means were language barriers and parental discomfort in withholding and/or withdrawing mechanical ventilation.
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End‐of‐life Models and Emergency Department Care

TL;DR: ED culture and characteristics are explored, the applicability of current end-of-life care models are examined, and the models based on chronic disease trajectories and have difficulty accommodating sudden-death trajectories common in the ED are examined.
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End-of-life and palliative care in the emergency department: a call for research, education, policy and improved practice in this frontier area.

TL;DR: Garrett K. Chan is Assistant Clinical Professor and Director, Critical Care/Trauma Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, and a member of the Emergency Nurses Association.
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Improving services to bereaved relatives in the emergency department: making healthcare more human.

TL;DR: Establishing a limited bereavement program in a busy emergency department is quite feasible and hospital staff also benefit from confronting issues surrounding death in the emergency department.
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The gravest words: sudden-death notifications and emergency care.

TL;DR: Abstract [Iserson KV.], The gravest words: sudden-death notifications and emergency care.
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