Background: While work in palliative and hospice care can be a rewarding experience in helping those suffering with complicated and terminal illnesses, it can also expose those involved to significant work stress, potentially leading to burnout. P...
Background: Goals of care in the intensive care setting often involve futile approaches for those suffering with serious chronic illness. Among the number of chronically ill patients who die in intensive care, only a minority receive palliative ca...
Background: Goals of care in the intensive care setting often involve futile approaches for those suffering with serious chronic illness. Among the number of chronically ill patients who die in intensive care, only a minority receive palliative ca...
Background: Majority of Americans are faced with mortality in the acute care setting and require excellent care in order to maintain comfort, quality, and dignity at the end-of-life (EOL). Nurses play a large role in palliative and EOL care. Curre...
