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Evaluation Of An Advance Care Planning Workshop To Improve The Self-Efficacy Of Health Care Providers, Joy Patrick
Evaluation Of An Advance Care Planning Workshop To Improve The Self-Efficacy Of Health Care Providers, Joy Patrick
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Advance care planning (ACP) involves discussions between the patient and their care providers and those close to them about future care. Every patient is entitled to ACP; however, research has shown that providers do not regularly implement them for various reasons. In addition, multiple barriers may be preventing providers from initiating ACP. Among them are lack of knowledge and confidence, apprehension, time, and fear. This Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) addresses the problematic barriers to regular ACP discussions between providers and the patients. Specifically, the purpose of this DNP project is to develop, implement and evaluate an online module to …