Demystifying Limited Code: Standardizing Resuscitation Options in a Large Health Care System.

Upon admission to an acute care hospital, patients and families are faced with determining their cardiopulmonary resuscitation status during conversation with providers. Medical providers are tasked with providing education and options in the context of the patient's acute and chronic conditions. Misconceptions are common in the general public, and providers may struggle with providing guidance in high-stress situations.

They're Dying. Now What? The Impact of a 2-Hour End-of-Life Educational Intervention on Bedside Nurse Self-efficacy, Knowledge, and Clinical Practice.

The palliative care team identified a lack of knowledge and confidence for nurses providing end-of-life care in a hospital. The team completed a quality improvement project establishing significant improvement in knowledge and self-efficacy after a 2-hour educational intervention. The next step was to study the impact on practice.

Palliative Care in a Pandemic: A Retrospective Review of the Impact of Early Palliative Care Consultation During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.

During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, patients experienced rapid clinical decline requiring urgent conversations about their wishes for care. Palliative care advanced practice registered nurses developed a workflow to provide early palliative care consultation to every COVID-19 patient under investigation admitted to a 368-bed acute care hospital in the United States. A retrospective exploratory study was conducted on the initial surge from March 1 to May 31 of 2020.