Building Palliative Care Communication Skills for Registered Nurses
Abstract
The proposed project will provide expert mentoring and guidance for implementation of a previously published, evidence-based, multi-disciplinary communication workshop for critical and acute care nurses. Through the combination of didactic and role-playing sessions, nurses will gain the knowledge and skills to promote better patient outcomes, be more effective team members, and better manage the stresses of caring for seriously ill and dying patients. By offering a one-day workshop six times per calendar year, this project will facilitate a more rapid training of all critical care staff nurses, enabling a more consistent approach to palliative care throughout the critical care areas. Further, the proposed program formalized a role for advanced practice nurses to coach and mentor staff in these skills. The use of a “train the trainer” model will facilitate embedding these enhanced skills in the target facility and throughout the military health system when trained personnel transfer to other facilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 18, 2018
- Source ID
- HU0001161TS09
Entities
People
- Virginia Blackman
Organizations
- Geneva Foundation
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences