Abstract

Problem: Does education provided to oncology nurses about the ID-PALL screening tool result in increased knowledge on how to assess and identify palliative care needs in patients?

Intervention: This project was designed to educate nurses on palliative care topics and enhance their ability to assess and identify palliative care needs in their patients.

Measures: An online pre-survey and post-survey was used to determine the nurse's knowledge before and after the education was dispersed. The pre-survey was used to identify areas that were lacking and an educational presentation was created based off of this data. The post-survey with the same questions reassessed their learning after utilizing the tailored education.

Results: Descriptive statistics were used on the Likert scale to assess the pre-survey and post-survey. Participant data was not matched, so any nurse could do the pre-survey or post-survey which led to a discrepancy in number of responses and some outliers. A p-value of 0.010 was calculated which shows the results of the pre-survey and post-survey were statistically different from one another. The results showed an increase in nursing confidence and knowledge in assessing for an identifying palliative care needs in their patients.

Conclusions: Educating nurses about how to assess for and identify patient palliative care needs using the ID-PALL screening tool can lead to increased nurse confidence, improved identification of palliative care needs, and more confidence when communicating with providers.

Kathryn Miller

Author Details

Kathryn Miller, BSN, RN-BC, OCN, DNP Student

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

Nebraska Methodist College, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Type

DNP Capstone Project

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quality Improvement

Research Approach

Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice

Keywords:

Oncology, End-of-Life Care, Confidence, Patient Care, ID-PALL Screening Tool

Advisor

Krumbach, Jillian

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Nebraska Methodist College

Degree Year

2023

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None: Degree-based Submission

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Self-submission

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