Time is Precious: person-centred end of life care in an emergency department. A quality improvement project.
Emerg Nurse
; 27(4): 33-42, 2019 Jul 10.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31468850
ABSTRACT
Supporting and managing end of life in emergency departments (EDs) is often difficult and is becoming increasingly commonplace. Patients who present at the end of life are often triaged as low priority as their signs and symptoms are not considered life-threatening and they are often exposed to unnecessary and inappropriate tests and investigations. This results in increased stress and distress for patients and their family and carers in an environment that is not suited to this type of care. There are few specified palliative care pathways that provide the level of care required by these patients. This article describes the Time is Precious (TiP) project, the development of a palliative care decision-making framework to support and address the needs of patients who present to an ED at end of life, in a timely and appropriate manner. It also reports findings of an evaluation of TiP that show patients are identified more quickly and cared for more appropriately as nursing and medical care can be tailored to meet their needs.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Assistência Terminal
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Assistência Centrada no Paciente
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Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
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Melhoria de Qualidade
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Emerg Nurse
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA
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TRAUMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália