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2015; Volume 16, No 11, November

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AACN journal offers strategies to integrate palliative care consultations into critical care

An article in Critical Care Nurse (CCN), a clinical practice journal published by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), offers tactics to help hospitals integrate palliative care into everyday critical care.

The article recommends strategies nurses can use to overcome common barriers to palliative care consultations, including:

educating other healthcare providers about the purpose and benefits of palliative care to increase understanding and support
emphasizing to other healthcare providers and patients’ families that symptom management can improve patient outcomes
emphasizing to other healthcare providers that palliative care providers have more time and more options for symptom management, which improves the quality of care
advocating for development and use of specific criteria or trigger situations that require a palliative care consultation.

AACN offers resources and tools related to palliative care, including an e-learning course and a free, online self-assessment tool. For more information, visit our website.

International Palliative Care Network Conference 2015 – two new lectures to download

All That Glitters presented by Dr Jessica Nutik Zitter (in association with the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine).

Jessica Nutik Zitter, MD, MPH is a Pulmonary and Critical Care trained physician who also attends on the Palliative Care consultation service at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California, US. Download her presentation here.

Emergency Department and Palliative Care – presented by Dr Sangeeta Lamba (in association with the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine)

Sangeete Lamba MD, MS HPEd is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Dean of Education at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Download the presentation here.

More than 20 lectures available for immediate download. Register for a free account.

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