Toolkit to Increase Provider Knowledge, Comfort, and Adoption of POLST: Portable Medical Orders in a Primary Care Setting.
J Nurs Care Qual
; 37(2): 176-179, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
POLST-Portable Medical Orders-abbreviated as POLST, is a nationwide initiative to help providers document and meet a patient's end-of-life wishes.PROBLEM:
Provider completion of POLST documents in primary care can promote continuity and implementation of patient preferences at the end of life in community-dwelling adults. Educating and providing a clinical process to support POLST use may improve implementation.APPROACH:
A POLST toolkit was developed for primary care providers with measurement of knowledge, comfort, and likelihood of use with pre- and postsurvey data collection. The POLST toolkit was used to engage primary care providers in an educational session to enhance understanding and increased utilization.OUTCOMES:
Providers reported increased knowledge, self-reported comfort, and likelihood of using POLST documents.CONCLUSIONS:
Utilization of a POLST toolkit, with an educational component, improved provider interest in POLST implementation.
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Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção Primária à Saúde
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Nurs Care Qual
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article