Piloting an Interprofessional Narrative-Based Interactive Workshop for End-of-Life Conversations: Implications for Learning and Practice.

Background: Based on the principles of Narrative Medicine, this study explored a narrative-based workshop for multi-level interdisciplinary clinicians who have EOL conversations.

Methods: Fifty-two clinicians participated in narrative-based interactive workshops. Participants engaged narrative in three forms: viewing narratives, writing/sharing narratives, and co-constructing narratives.

A quality improvement project to standardize chaplain documentation in the electronic medical record.

Medical record documentation by hospital chaplains is an under-researched and under-published field. Because documentation serves both as a register of chaplain interventions and as a collaborative tool for interdisciplinary communication, it should be written in a way that is clear, concise, and consistent. As chaplains continue to integrate with other medical professions in interdisciplinary care, careful attention should be given to the way in which communication of the chaplain role, functioning, and patient information obtained is conveyed.

"Operating in the dark": Nurses' attempts to help patients and families manage the transition from oncology to comfort care.

Aims And Objectives: To investigate challenges nurses face when providing care for oncology patients transitioning from curative to palliative care and to identify educational and support opportunities for nurses.

Background: Communicating with oncology patients/families transitioning from curative treatments to care focused on comfort can be problematic for a variety of reasons. Research suggests discrepancies exist between physicians' and patients' perceptions of probable length of life.