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Advancing serious illness communication skills for palliative home care nurses : a critical analysis Park, Sungyou

Abstract

Conversations between patients and home care nurses (HCNs) regarding patients’ values, priorities and goals of care are considered an essential component of all healthcare, in particular, quality palliative care and advance care planning. The unique relationship between HCNs and patients with serious illnesses place nurses in an ideal position for facilitating and initiating serious illness conversations. These vital conversations are often considered challenging which can result in missed opportunities for improving quality of care. Many tools are available to enhance communication practice in palliative care. One tool being implemented in BC and North America is the Serious Illness Conversation Program. I will argue that it holds promise, but needs adaptation for nursing practice. I will use the Theory of Planned Behaviour to critically analyze how the Serious Illness Conversation Program could be integrated into nursing practice in the home care setting.

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Title
Advancing serious illness communication skills for palliative home care nurses : a critical analysis
Creator
Park, Sungyou
Date Issued
2018
Description
Conversations between patients and home care nurses (HCNs) regarding patients’ values, priorities and goals of care are considered an essential component of all healthcare, in particular, quality palliative care and advance care planning. The unique relationship between HCNs and patients with serious illnesses place nurses in an ideal position for facilitating and initiating serious illness conversations. These vital conversations are often considered challenging which can result in missed opportunities for improving quality of care. Many tools are available to enhance communication practice in palliative care. One tool being implemented in BC and North America is the Serious Illness Conversation Program. I will argue that it holds promise, but needs adaptation for nursing practice. I will use the Theory of Planned Behaviour to critically analyze how the Serious Illness Conversation Program could be integrated into nursing practice in the home care setting.
Subject
Serious Illness Conversation Guide; Serious illness conversation training / workshop; palliative care; home care nursing; goals of care conversations; advanced care planning conversations; serious illness conversations
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. NURS 595
Date Available
2018-09-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0371899
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/67094
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Nursing, School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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