Publications by authors named "Michelle M Milic"
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- The study addresses the need for better palliative care education among ICU bedside nurses, as they often feel underprepared for this aspect of care.
- A professional development program was implemented, which included a 3-day training for nurse educators and workshops focused on communication skills for bedside nurses, followed by mentoring in the ICUs.
- Results showed that nurses reported improved communication skills and were able to identify and address palliative care needs for the majority of patients discussed during coaching rounds.
This paper presents an exploratory case study of clinician-patient communications in a specific clinical environment. It describes how intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians' technical and social categorizations of patients and families shape the flow of communication in these acute care settings. Drawing on evidence from a year-long ethnographic study of four ICUs, we develop a typology of patients and families as viewed by the clinicians who care for them.
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- The study focused on improving critical care nurses' abilities and confidence in discussing patient prognosis and care goals through an 8-hour educational workshop.
- The workshop included role-playing exercises, reflection on burnout, and self-care, helping nurses practice essential communication skills.
- Results showed significant increases in nurses' self-reported confidence and skills immediately after the workshop and sustained improvements three months later.
Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation programs document outcomes to prepare for program certification, to demonstrate the value of the program to upper management, and to provide feedback to pulmonary rehabilitation staff regarding the efficacy of the program. The overall goal of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using non-research-generated clinical data to report long-term outcomes following a pulmonary rehabilitation program.
Methods: Using a longitudinal descriptive design, all subjects who completed pulmonary rehabilitation at one community-based pulmonary rehabilitation program in the San Francisco Bay Area were asked to complete a 6-month and subsequent yearly questionnaires.