Medical influence: what does success look like?

Background: Social media influencers have revolutionized information, gaining viewers, retention, and interest with short videos. Medical teams could potentially benefit from this medium for educating patients. Defining success in this endeavor remains unclear.

EMPOWERING END-OF-LIFE CONVERSATIONS: The Role of Specialized Nursing Teams in Facilitating Code Status Changes at Discharge.

Hospitalized patients may require goals of care (GOC) or Advance Health Care Planning (ACP), which can be time-consuming and emotionally tolling for providers. A nursing team specializing in code status (CODE), GOC, and ACP was developed to provide meaningful support for patients and families and decrease provider burden. Interest in CODE, GOC, ACP, and effectiveness of a nursing team to lead these conversations prompted this study.

GIFTS: Geriatric Intensive Functional Therapy Sessions-for the older trauma patient.

Background: Considering resources for comprehensive geriatric care, it would be beneficial for geriatric trauma patients (GTPs) and medical patients to be comanaged in one program focusing on ancillary therapeutics (AT): physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech language pathology, respiratory therapy, and sleep wake hygiene. This pilot study describes outcomes of GTPs in a hospital-wide program focused on geriatric-specific AT.

Methods: Geriatric trauma patients and geriatric patients were screened by program coordinator for enrollment at one Level II trauma center from August 2021 to December 2022.