Abstract

Palliative care (PC) services include symptom management with advanced care planning (ACP) and establishment of goals of care (GOC) for patients with serious conditions, such as heart failure (HF). Literature demonstrates low hospitalist referrals to PC.

The purpose of this project was to explore if providing evidence-based information and procedural information to hospitalists on ACP and GOC would increase PC referrals for HF patients, providing these patients access to ACP and GOC by the PC team and possibly even reducing 30-day readmissions for these patients.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 13882039; ProQuest document ID: 2231079579. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Stephanie D. Crawford, DNP, MBA, APRN, ANP-BC, ACHPN

Sigma Membership

Phi Omicron

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning, Goals of Care, Readmissions, Heart Failure

Advisor

LeAnne Prenovost

Second Advisor

Mohammed Ilyas Ahmed Khan

Third Advisor

Joyce Johnston

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Grand Canyon University

Degree Year

2019

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2024-01-29

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