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Accessibility and Quality of Palliative Care-Experience in Primary Health Care.
Medicina (Kaunas)
December 2024
SMK College of Applied Science, 91199 Klaipėda, Lithuania.
Palliative care is a very important part of medicine, aimed at ensuring an improvement in quality of life and a reduction in distressing symptoms in patients with serious, incurable, progressive diseases. The issues of the accessibility and quality of these services should be a focus for health policymakers and researchers, although it is acknowledged that a significant portion of the public has not heard about this service. For this reason, it is important to investigate the experience of the accessibility and quality of palliative care services in primary healthcare facilities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMeasuring the impact of a pastoral care intervention to increase referrals and improve the quality of chaplain documentation in patient records.
J Health Care Chaplain
December 2024
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
The complexity of patient care demands that health care teams collaborate effectively. This means that when pastoral care staff engage with patients, they need to communicate their findings to other members of the multidisciplinary team to maximize patient benefits. In 2016, an Australian hospital found that pastoral care staff were able to visit only 30% of admitted patients, and that documentation of pastoral care visits was minimal.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExecutive Summary: Topical Management of Malignant Cutaneous Wounds: Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Health Care Professionals Developed by Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (in collaboration with the Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association).
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs
November 2024
Debra Johnston, MN, BScN, RN, NSWOC, WOCC(C), University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Malignant cutaneous wounds pose unique challenges in patient care, requiring specialized attention to alleviate local symptoms and enhance health-related quality of life. As the prevalence of these wounds continues to rise with improving cancer survival rates, it is essential to establish comprehensive best practice recommendations for their topical management. To address this need, a task force was assembled from across Canada, consisting of members from Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Canada and the Canadian Palliative Care Nursing Association.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMilitary spouse and key stakeholder perspectives of effective messaging for US service members on secure storage of personal firearms: a qualitative study.
Inj Prev
November 2024
Injury and Violence Prevention Center, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Background: Secure firearm storage is a proposed method for reducing intentional and unintentional firearm injury and death among US military service members. However, little is known about suggested key messengers and optimal message content to promote secure firearm storage practices among at-risk US service members. This qualitative study focused on military spouse and stakeholder perspectives concerning key messengers and message content for the delivery of effective messaging around promoting secure firearm storage practices among US service members.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPediatric Palliative Care Simulation Improves Resident Learning Outcomes: An 11-Year Review.
J Pain Symptom Manage
February 2025
Haslinger Family Pediatric Palliative Care Center (C.D.H., G.R., D.H.G., S.F.), Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio, USA; Department of Pediatrics (C.D.H., S.F.), Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, Ohio, USA; Rebecca D. Considine Research Institute (G.R., M.B., D.H.G.), Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Context: Many general pediatrics residents lack sufficient opportunities to conduct difficult conversations with families, particularly about end-of-life care. Simulation learning is an effective means of practicing professional skills. A pediatric palliative care (PPC) physician is uniquely suited to mentor residents and fellows learning to lead difficult conversations through simulation.
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