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Psychooncology ; 32(12): 1895-1904, 2023 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37929880

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OBJECTIVE: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ+) persons with serious illness and their families often experience end-of-life (EOL) care disparities, such as homophobia and transphobia, disrespect and mistreatment, and exclusion of significant others or life partners. The aim of the study was to explore interdisciplinary clinicians' communication knowledge and priorities using a case of a gay man at EOL and his same-sex, cisgender spouse. METHODS: Interdisciplinary clinicians (n = 150) who participated in a national 3-day communication training program, rooted in Adult Learning Theory and supported by the National Cancer Institute, responded to open-ended questions about a composite case study emphasizing diversity challenges relevant to LGBTQ + communities in the EOL context. A thematic analysis of responses using an iterative, inductive approach was conducted until saturation was reached. RESULTS: Participants from nursing (48%), social work (35%) and chaplaincy (17%) responded to the survey. Five themes emerged: 1) provision of patient-centered care; 2) legal and ethical factors inform care and decision making; 3) considerations of same-sex spouse or couple context; 4) dynamics and role of family of origin; and 5) elements of inclusive clinical care. CONCLUSIONS: LGBTQ + inclusive communication training is essential for all palliative clinicians to deliver culturally safe care. Our findings have implications for identifying unconscious bias, addressing discriminatory care, filling clinician knowledge gaps, and informing educational interventions to support LGBTQ + inclusion. Future research must focus on micro- and macro-level communication issues that shape the quality of palliative and EOL care for patients and chosen family members.


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Homosexualidad Femenina , Minorías Sexuales y de Género , Personas Transgénero , Masculino , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Conducta Sexual , Bisexualidad , Muerte
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Palliat Support Care ; 19(6): 727-732, 2021 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34154688

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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this training project is to develop and host Interprofessional Communication courses to improve interdisciplinary communication in oncology care. The initial national course was held in a virtual format and included pre- and post-course participant data. The curriculum was developed with support from the National Cancer Institute. METHODS: A virtual two-day course was held to equip nurses, social workers, and chaplains with vital communication skills in oncology practice, so that they could return to their home institutions and teach communication skills to other healthcare professionals, with the intention of making improved communication a quality improvement goal. Fifty-two participants were selected through an application process to attend the virtual course in two-person interprofessional teams (e.g., nurse and chaplain, or social worker and nurse). The Interprofessional Communication Curriculum was based on the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care's eight domains of quality palliative care. The six online modules developed by the investigators were presented in lectures, supplemented by discussion groups, role plays, and other methods of experiential learning. RESULTS: Pre- and post-course results identified areas of communication, which are a priority for improvement by oncology clinicians. Participant goals identified specific strategies to be implemented by participants in their settings. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS: The need for communication training was clearly demonstrated across professions in this national training course. Participants were able to apply course content to their goals for quality improvement in cancer settings.


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Clero , Comunicación , Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos al Final de la Vida , Educación Interprofesional , Trabajadores Sociales , Humanos , Curriculum , Educación Interprofesional/organización & administración , Cuidados Paliativos , Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos al Final de la Vida/educación , Trabajadores Sociales/educación , Trabajadores Sociales/psicología , Trabajadores Sociales/estadística & datos numéricos , Clero/educación , Clero/psicología , Clero/estadística & datos numéricos , Mejoramiento de la Calidad , Instituciones Oncológicas , Estados Unidos , Masculino , Femenino
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Am J Hosp Palliat Care ; : 10499091241265108, 2024 Jul 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-39039027

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BACKGROUND: Spiritual care is a core component of high-quality palliative care, yet gaps exist in spiritual care provision. Understanding clinicians' levels of confidence around spiritual care and their perceptions of necessary knowledge/skills to enhance their ability to provide spiritual care is foundational for improving delivery of spiritual care in practice. OBJECTIVES: To understand confidence levels with providing spiritual care and perceived needs in relation to the provision of spiritual care among palliative clinicians (nurses, social workers, chaplains). DESIGN: N = 260 clinicians participating in interprofessional communication and end-of-life care training programs completed a structured survey. MEASUREMENTS: Clinicians responded to 42 closed-ended questions assessing their confidence in engaging in spiritual care across 6 dimensions, and one open-ended question: "What areas of knowledge or skill would best help to improve your ability to provide spiritual care across diverse populations?" RESULTS: Findings reveal varied levels of confidence with spiritual care across dimensions. Chaplains reported the highest levels of confidence compared with nurses and social workers. Key areas of knowledge/skills to improve spiritual care provision were: (1) Training and support for clinicians in spiritual care; (2) Strategies for providing spiritual care to patients from diverse cultural and/or religious backgrounds; (3) Better understanding of specific populations and contexts that may affect spiritual care provision; and (4) Clinicians' personal growth & practices to improve spiritual care. CONCLUSIONS: Additional support with spiritual care provision is needed, especially among spiritual care generalists. A focus on culturally attuned care is needed, honoring unique patient contexts and centering patient and family priorities.

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J Health Care Chaplain ; 29(4): 399-411, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35853097

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Effective communication is essential for palliative care clinicians to provide quality spiritual care to cancer patients. Despite attention to spiritual needs having the potential to positively impact a patient's quality of life, clinicians continue to report a lack of confidence in addressing a patient's spiritual distress. This article addresses the development of a 3-day train-the-trainer communication cancer education program (ICC: Interprofessional Communication Curriculum) organized by the 8 domains of the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care. The main objectives of ICC are to train adult oncology clinicians (nurses, social workers, and chaplains) in communication skills across all aspects of palliative care and to help prepare them to provide communication skills training to their colleagues at their home institutions. ICC participants attend in dyads consisting of differing disciplines and create 3 goals for implementing institutional change. To date, 126 participants (69 teams) have attended an ICC training. Pre-course survey results identified spiritual care as participants' least effective area of communication. Immediate post-course evaluation data revealed the spiritual care module and its subsequent lab session as the most useful sessions to participant's practice. Data from the 6-and-12-months post-course follow-up revealed participant's quality improvement projects focused heavily on improving spiritual care.

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Cancers (Basel) ; 15(16)2023 Aug 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37627105

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The aim of this study was to examine interdisciplinary clinicians' perceptions of priorities in serious illness communication and shared decision-making with racially and culturally minoritized persons at end of life. Clinicians (N = 152) read a detailed case study about a patient self-identifying as Black and American Indian who describes mistrust of the healthcare system. Participants then responded to three open-ended questions about communication strategies and approaches they would employ in providing care. We conducted a thematic analysis of participants' responses to questions using an iterative, inductive approach. Interdisciplinary clinicians from nursing (48%), social work (36%), and chaplaincy (16%), responded to the study survey. A total of four themes emerged: (1) person-centered, authentic, and culturally-sensitive care; (2) pain control; (3) approaches to build trust and connection; and (4) understanding communication challenges related to racial differences. Significant efforts have been made to train clinicians in culturally inclusive communication, yet we know little about how clinicians approach "real world" scenarios during which patients from structurally minoritized groups describe care concerns. We outline implications for identifying unconscious bias, informing educational interventions to support culturally inclusive communication, and improving the quality of end-of-life care for patients with cancer from minoritized groups.

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Clin J Oncol Nurs ; 24(5): 547-553, 2020 10 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32945793

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BACKGROUND: The literature has emphasized the importance of effective communication regarding psychosocial needs; however, other aspects of patient care, including attention to physical needs, are equally important. OBJECTIVES: The aims of this article are to (a) describe an Interprofessional Communication Curriculum (ICC) in oncology, (b) detail the curriculum content specifically focused on physical aspects of care, and (c) illustrate the importance of interprofessional care in oncology. METHODS: The ICC is organized by the 8 domains of the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care and centers on communication skills needed in oncology clinical practice. FINDINGS: Based on initial pilot data, oncology clinicians indicate a high level of satisfaction with the ICC. Additional future training courses supported by the National Cancer Institute will prepare oncology teams to enhance communication with patients and families.


Asunto(s)
Curriculum , Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos al Final de la Vida , Comunicación , Humanos , Relaciones Interprofesionales , Oncología Médica , Cuidados Paliativos
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Clin J Oncol Nurs ; 24(1): E1-E6, 2020 02 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31961850

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BACKGROUND: With increasing support for the integration of palliative care and standard oncology, communication training programs are needed to teach oncology nurses and other providers about palliative care communication. OBJECTIVES: This study reports on the outcomes of COMFORTTM SM Communication for Oncology Nurses, a train-the-trainer communication course to educate oncology nurses about palliative care communication and improve patient-centered communication and cancer care. METHODS: 355 oncology nurses attended the two-day course. This study used 6- and 12-month follow-up data from nurses who provided feedback on the progress of these goals. FINDINGS: Nurses taught an additional 9,720 oncology providers, conducted needs assessments of communication processes, and initiated institutionwide palliative care communication training. Barriers to completing outcome goals included a lack of institutional support, specifically an absence of leadership, financial backing, and dedicated time.


Asunto(s)
Comunicación , Curriculum , Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos al Final de la Vida/educación , Personal de Enfermería en Hospital/educación , Enfermería Oncológica/educación , Cuidados Paliativos/métodos , Desarrollo de Personal/organización & administración , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Relaciones Enfermero-Paciente , Estados Unidos
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J Palliat Med ; 23(6): 777-784, 2020 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31895621

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Background: Spiritual care is a key domain of quality palliative care. Spiritual distress is highly prevalent in patients and their families facing serious illness. Guidelines support the ethical obligation of health care providers to attend to spiritual distress as part of total distress. All clinicians require education and support to provide this care to patients and their families facing serious illness. Objective: This project focused on the development of a curriculum for education of health care professionals in spiritual care. It was based on a consensus-derived generalist-specialist model of spiritual care, with all clinicians providing generalist-spiritual care and trained chaplains providing specialist spiritual care. Design: The curriculum was designed for classroom and online learning. Setting: The curriculum is appropriate for all clinical settings in the United States and internationally. Measurements: Needs assessment surveys and course evaluation data have provided a basis on which to develop and refine the curriculum. This curriculum is built on a pilot Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum (ISPEC) course held at the Veterans Administration, DC. Results: Needs assessment and course evaluation data support the ISPEC course content. Conclusions: The ISPEC curricula serve as a much-needed training resource to improve spiritual care for all people with serious illness.


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Curriculum , Espiritualidad , Personal de Salud/educación , Humanos , Cuidados Paliativos , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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J Palliat Med ; 22(9): 1082-1091, 2019 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30985246

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Background: Expert communication skills are essential for the delivery of effective palliative care across the domains of care. However, few health care providers receive formal communication training. To promote communication education for interdisciplinary palliative care teams, a train-the-trainer course for interdisciplinary hospital-based palliative care teams was developed to prepare them to teach other health care professionals communication skills. Course Design: The curriculum was organized by the eight domains of the National Consensus Project Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care and provided communication skills training for California-based teams. The two-day train-the-trainer course included skill-building exercises and interactive discussions to assist participants in integrating communication skills building into their clinical settings. Using a goal-directed method of teaching, faculty assisted teams in developing three institutional goals for providing palliative care communication training to other health care professionals. Evaluation of the course included immediate postcourse evaluation and follow-up evaluation at six and nine months. Results: The first statewide interdisciplinary communication training took place in January 2018 with 26 palliative care teams consisting of primarily nurses, followed by social workers, chaplains, and physicians. The 46 course participants' postcourse evaluations demonstrated high satisfaction with the course. On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 = lowest), the course met participants' expectations and objectives (4.8). The teams' precourse goals focused on (1) staff education, training, and mentorship, and (2) institution-wide system changes. Conclusion: Palliative care interdisciplinary teams can incorporate communication skills into their practice and provide communication skills training to their institutions.


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Educación Médica/organización & administración , Personal de Salud/educación , Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos al Final de la Vida/educación , Comunicación Interdisciplinaria , Cuidados Paliativos/organización & administración , Grupo de Atención al Paciente/organización & administración , Cuidado Terminal/organización & administración , Adulto , California , Curriculum , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad
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J Hosp Palliat Nurs ; 21(2): E5-E12, 2019 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30676425

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Nurses have unique clinical responsibilities and opportunities with patients that require strong communication skills. However, many nurses lack effective communication skills and often receive inadequate palliative care communication training and education. To promote communication education for palliative care nurses, the End-of-Life Nursing and Education Consortium created a Communication Curriculum for nurses and developed an in-person train-the-trainer course. Organized by the 8 domains of the National Consensus Project Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, a 1-day course was provided in August 2018 to 46 nurses representing 38 institutions. Completion of precourse surveys demonstrated participants' institutional resources for palliative care communication education and their greatest communication challenges. Immediate postcourse evaluations demonstrated that the course improved nurses' knowledge and confidence in communication and their ability to educate others. Palliative care nurses can incorporate communication skills into their practice and provide communication skills training to their institution.


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Comunicación , Bachillerato en Enfermería , Enfermería de Cuidados Paliativos al Final de la Vida/educación , Pautas de la Práctica en Enfermería/normas , Curriculum , Humanos , Cuidados Paliativos
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Clin J Oncol Nurs ; 23(1): 82-91, 2019 02 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30682007

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BACKGROUND: Oncology nurses are responsible for communication-aimed prognosis, patient education about cancer care and treatment, survivorship, and care coordination. Communication difficulties and uncomfortable communication topics put nurses at risk for compassion fatigue. OBJECTIVES: Supporting nurse communication skills requires institutional policies and structures to foster patient-centered communication. This study reports on communication training needs for oncology nurses to inform future development of communication curricula and institutional training. METHODS: A national survey of oncology nurse teams (N = 355) attending one of four communication training courses was used. Surveys were used to evaluate institutions' current patient-centered communication practices and to ascertain institutional communication training needs. FINDINGS: Nurses' role in communicating prognosis remains unclear, and training is needed for discussing survivorship. Curriculum development should be congruent with institutionally defined roles for nurse communication.


Asunto(s)
Comunicación , Oncología Médica/educación , Neoplasias/enfermería , Relaciones Enfermero-Paciente , Personal de Enfermería en Hospital/educación , Enfermería Oncológica/educación , Atención Dirigida al Paciente/métodos , Adulto , Curriculum , Educación Continua en Enfermería , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estados Unidos
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Clin J Oncol Nurs ; 22(1): 53-61, 2018 02 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29350714

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BACKGROUND: As patient advocates, oncology nurses must attend to varying levels of health literacy among patients and families. However, little is known about nurses' experiences and comfort with health literacy assessment and providing health literacy support.
. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to explore nurse communication and patient health literacy.
. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey design (N = 74) was used to explore nurse communication challenges with low-literacy patients and to measure nurses' frequency of assisting with patient literacy needs, perceived degree of difficulty communicating with low-literacy populations, and perceived comfort with health literacy support.
. FINDINGS: A majority of the nurses reported communication challenges with patients who spoke English as a second language. Oncology nurses did not identify patient communication behaviors that indicated low health literacy. Nurses were least comfortable identifying low-literacy patients and assessing a patient's health literacy level. More experienced nurses reported more difficulty with low-literacy populations than less experienced nurses. Providing health literacy support to patients should be a core nursing skill.


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Comunicación , Alfabetización en Salud/métodos , Relaciones Enfermero-Paciente , Enfermería Oncológica/métodos , Educación del Paciente como Asunto/métodos , Relaciones Profesional-Familia , Cuidado Terminal/psicología , Adulto , Estudios Transversales , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Estados Unidos
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Patient Educ Couns ; 101(3): 467-474, 2018 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28967447

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OBJECTIVE: The COMFORT Communication Course for Oncology Nurses is a train-the-trainer program funded by the National Cancer Institute (R25) that provides nationwide communication training to improve patient-centered communication in cancer care. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the program and present an evaluation of three courses. METHODS: The curriculum contains seven modules addressing palliative care communication. Pre-course survey of needs, post-course feedback, and follow-up at 6 and 12 months were used to evaluate the program. RESULTS: To date, three courses have been presented to 269 nurses from 34 states and Washington D.C. Post-course evaluations showed high satisfaction with course design, content, and faculty. At 12 months, course participants had implemented institution-wide system changes and communication skill building. On average, each nurse trained 37 other healthcare providers. CONCLUSIONS: The COMFORT communication course provides the essential communication skills and tools oncology nurses need to provide quality care across the cancer continuum. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Training is needed to prepare oncology nurses with the skills to provide patient-centered communication across the cancer continuum. These skills include training others in communication and implementing process improvement. The COMFORT communication train-the-trainer model is an effective approach to meet this need.


Asunto(s)
Comunicación , Personal de Salud/educación , Neoplasias/enfermería , Relaciones Enfermero-Paciente , Personal de Enfermería en Hospital/educación , Enfermería Oncológica/educación , Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud , Competencia Clínica/normas , District of Columbia , Educación en Enfermería/métodos , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Neoplasias/psicología , Personal de Enfermería en Hospital/psicología , Cuidados Paliativos , Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Semin Oncol Nurs ; 33(5): 507-516, 2017 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29107528

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OBJECTIVES: To describe a family caregiver communication typology and demonstrate identifiable communication challenges among four caregiver types: Manager, Carrier, Partner, and Lone. DATA SOURCES: Case studies based on interviews with oncology family caregivers. CONCLUSION: Each caregiver type demonstrates unique communication challenges that can be identified. Recognition of a specific caregiver type will help nurses to adapt their own communication to provide tailored support. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Family-centered cancer care requires attention to the communication challenges faced by family caregivers. Understanding the challenges among four family caregiver communication types will enable nurses to better address caregiver burden and family conflict.


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Cuidadores , Comunicación , Familia , Neoplasias/enfermería , Atención Dirigida al Paciente/organización & administración , Relaciones Profesional-Familia , Anciano , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Enfermería Oncológica
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Am J Hosp Palliat Care ; 33(9): 843-848, 2016 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26139631

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BACKGROUND: Due to an absence of communication training, provider responses to patient/family spiritual distress are highly variable. Assessing spiritual and forgiveness concerns are important to ensuring quality holistic care. METHODS: Cross-sectional survey data were collected from providers attending 1 of 2 continuing education courses. The survey measured the frequency and initiation of communication about spirituality and forgiveness with patients/families, the perceived difficulty in communication across topics, and preparation and resources for these discussions. RESULTS: Most participants (n = 124) were nurses followed by social workers with over half of providers having 10 years or more of clinical experience. Participants reported the highest level of difficulty in spiritual communication when talking with family after the death of a patient, followed by conducting a spiritual history with a patient. Facilitating forgiveness communication between parent and adult child, followed by facilitating forgiveness between partners was most difficult for all participants. Social workers reported much lower difficulty than nurses on all items of spiritual and forgiveness communication. CONCLUSION: The majority of participants indicated they were involved in spiritual and forgiveness communication. The most difficult communication included talking with family after death and facilitating forgiveness between patients and families. These findings support the importance of spiritual communication in clinical practice, and the need for clinician training in communicating about spirituality and forgiveness with patients and families.


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Comunicación , Perdón , Personal de Salud/psicología , Trabajadores Sociales/psicología , Espiritualidad , Cuidado Terminal/psicología , Estudios Transversales , Familia/psicología , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Pacientes/psicología , Calidad de la Atención de Salud , Estrés Psicológico/psicología
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J Adv Pract Oncol ; 7(2): 146-154, 2016 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28090365

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Conversations about goals of care with the patient and family are a critical component of advanced practice in oncology. However, there are often inadequate team structures, training, or resources available to assist advanced practitioners in initiating these conversations. We conducted a study to assess nurses' perceived role and communication tasks in such conversations about goals of care. In a cross-sectional survey of 109 nurses attending a comprehensive 2-day end-of-life nursing education course, nurses were asked to describe how they would participate in a "goals of care" meeting in three different scenarios. They were also asked what changes they desired in their clinical settings. Nurses overwhelmingly described that their primary task and communication role was to assess patient/family understanding. Nurses referenced their team members and team support with the least frequency across scenarios. Team roles, structure, and process were reported as areas in greatest need of change in patient/family goals of care meetings. These findings demonstrate that lack of preparation to function as a team is a barrier for nurses in communicating about goals of care, and there is a demand to move such conversations upstream in oncology care.

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