Abstract

Helping family members say goodbye to loved ones who are dying in the hospital or nursing home is difficult in the best circumstances. With COVID-19, visitation is often not allowed and family have to say goodbye using technology. Nurses at the bedside can help families during this challenging time. This educational material helps the nurse prepare the family for this important conversation.

Description

This educational material was posted 8.13.20. COVID-19 information is changing rapidly as the science progresses. Please see our website where our COVID-19 materials are housed for the latest revisions to our work at: https://www.aacnnursing.org/ELNEC/COVID-19

Author Details

Betty R. Ferrell, PhD, MA, FPCN, FAAN; Professor, Director Nursing Research & Education, PI- ELNEC Project

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA

Type

Educational Material-Public Health

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Expert Opinion (nationally/internationally recognized)

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

COVID-19, ELNEC, Palliative Care, Communication

Publisher

End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)

Version

Publisher's Version

Rights Holder

All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.

All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.

All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.

Review Type

None: Reputation-based Submission

Acquisition

Publisher-submission

Date of Issue

2020-09-03

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