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Palliative Nursing Summit: Nurses Leading Change and Transforming Care: The Nurse's Role in Communication and Advance Care Planning.

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Head, BA; Song, M-K; Wiencek, C; Nevidjon, B; Fraser, D; Mazanec, P
Published in: Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
February 2018

Advance care planning (ACP) is an essential component of quality palliative care that requires expert communication skills. Nurses are often the health care provider patients and families rely on when exploring their values and preferences and making treatment decisions. Therefore, communication and ACP was one of the 3 areas of practice addressed during the Palliative Nursing Summit. This article summarizes patient outcomes and nursing actions recommended by summit participants related to communication and ACP. Areas addressed included education, clinical care, research, and policy/regulation. Recommended patient outcomes included the honoring of patient/family preferences and the inclusion of ACP discussions during routine care and across the life span. Recommended nursing actions included the following: (1) nursing education (both undergraduates and practicing nurses) and competencies related to communication and ACP be developed and implemented; (2) primary palliative care, including communication and ACP, be included in the practice standards of all nursing specialties; (3) health care systems support conversations about ACP and related documentation; (4) research be conducted related to the implementation of patient/family preferences and related health care utilization; and (5) regulation and reimbursement be crafted to support nursing practice related to ACP and related conversations at the nurses' full level of expertise.

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Published In

Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

DOI

EISSN

1539-0705

ISSN

1522-2179

Publication Date

February 2018

Volume

20

Issue

1

Start / End Page

23 / 29

Related Subject Headings

  • Nursing
  • Nurse's Role
  • Humans
  • Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
  • Communication
  • Advance Care Planning
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Head, B. A., Song, M.-K., Wiencek, C., Nevidjon, B., Fraser, D., & Mazanec, P. (2018). Palliative Nursing Summit: Nurses Leading Change and Transforming Care: The Nurse's Role in Communication and Advance Care Planning. In Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (Vol. 20, pp. 23–29). https://doi.org/10.1097/njh.0000000000000406
Head, Barbara Anderson, Mi-Kyung Song, Clareen Wiencek, Brenda Nevidjon, Debbie Fraser, and Polly Mazanec. “Palliative Nursing Summit: Nurses Leading Change and Transforming Care: The Nurse's Role in Communication and Advance Care Planning.” In Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing : JHPN : The Official Journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, 20:23–29, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1097/njh.0000000000000406.
Head BA, Song M-K, Wiencek C, Nevidjon B, Fraser D, Mazanec P. Palliative Nursing Summit: Nurses Leading Change and Transforming Care: The Nurse's Role in Communication and Advance Care Planning. In: Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. 2018. p. 23–9.
Head, Barbara Anderson, et al. “Palliative Nursing Summit: Nurses Leading Change and Transforming Care: The Nurse's Role in Communication and Advance Care Planning.Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing : JHPN : The Official Journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, vol. 20, no. 1, 2018, pp. 23–29. Epmc, doi:10.1097/njh.0000000000000406.
Head BA, Song M-K, Wiencek C, Nevidjon B, Fraser D, Mazanec P. Palliative Nursing Summit: Nurses Leading Change and Transforming Care: The Nurse's Role in Communication and Advance Care Planning. Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. 2018. p. 23–29.

Published In

Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

DOI

EISSN

1539-0705

ISSN

1522-2179

Publication Date

February 2018

Volume

20

Issue

1

Start / End Page

23 / 29

Related Subject Headings

  • Nursing
  • Nurse's Role
  • Humans
  • Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
  • Communication
  • Advance Care Planning
  • 4205 Nursing
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services