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Spirituality Education For End Of Life Clinicians: A Quality Improvement Project, Mark S. Valigorsky
Spirituality Education For End Of Life Clinicians: A Quality Improvement Project, Mark S. Valigorsky
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Significance and Background: The focus of this project was to strength the knowledge, comfort, and training of end of life(EOL) clinicians working with patients in the palliative care and hospice environments. While spirituality is considered one of the essential domains of hospice care, it is an area that is often brushed aside by staff and patients and their families. Spirituality is inadequately addressed due to knowledge deficits, time issues, and lack of self-efficacy. Addressing spiritual care is particularly important for patients with chronic and end stage illnesses. Patients and their families view spirituality as a way of coping with suffering. …