Abstract

Palliative care (PC) is a medical approach with the intent to provide patients with advanced and still progressing disease treatment care to improve their quality of life. PC is not only comprised of caring for patients but provide care and support for the patients' family in order to help them cope with the disease processes. PC is a progressively crucial issue in emergency departments (ED) worldwide. Often patients present to the ED with a life-threatening illness that necessitate a palliative care consult and initiation of palliative care services. However, the absence of a standardized palliative care consult process and the ED staff's lack of knowledge of palliative care practices results in a discontinuity in care for these patients. When identified, ED patients with palliative care needs experience delay or omission of a palliative care consult until after admission to the hospital. A 2014 meta-analysis surmised that palliative care consultation decreased hospital inpatient costs by 10% to 30%" (Wang, 2017).

Andrea Brown

Author Details

Andrea C. Brown, DNP, FNP-C

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Type

DNP Capstone Project

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

Other

Keywords:

Palliative Care Education, Hospice Care, Emergency Department

Advisor

Chatman, Sherri

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Samford University

Degree Year

2020

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2020-07-17

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