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Rompiendo Fronteras: Addressing Language Barriers In Hispanic Palliative Cancer Care, Carla Mcnulty, Catherine Finlayson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Cancer is the leading cause of death among Hispanic people, accounting for 20% of deaths (American Cancer Society, 2023). In 2024, the American Cancer Society predicted that 195,300 Hispanics would be diagnosed with cancer in the United States, and 50,400 (25%) would die from their disease, leaving approximately 144,900 (75%) living with cancer. As the Hispanic population rises in the United States, one can predict that cancer diagnoses will also increase. This is likely to result in a higher number of cancer-related deaths, as well as more individuals living with cancer. Consequently, there will be an increased demand for …

Factors Influencing Pediatric Palliative Care Utilization: A 12-Year Retrospective Study In Taiwan, Tzu-Ying Yang, Wei-Wen Wu, Frank Leigh Lu, Shao-Yi Cheng, Tsung-Hsien Yu, Kristin Berg

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background and objective: Pediatric palliative care (PPC) improves the quality of life for children with life-limiting conditions and their families by addressing physical, psychological, and spiritual needs. Despite increasing recognition of its benefits, PPC remains underutilized, particularly in Asian contexts where early integration and service accessibility are still limited. This study aimed to examine trends and factors influencing PPC utilization among deceased children in a tertiary children’s hospital in Taiwan from 2012 to 2023, to provide evidence on predictors for more equitable access to PPC.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted using medical records of children aged 1–18 years who …

Caregiver Comfort With Tele-Hospice, Patricia L. Cameron

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Tele-hospice is changing the provision of on-demand hospice and palliative care. A retrospective, descriptive study was completed examining comfort and emotional support that caregivers of community-based hospice patients derived from using electronic tablets. 667 survey responses were obtained. Data analysis included Pearson product moment correlations and Wilcoxon signed ranks tests.

Effects Of Advance Care Planning Intervention On End-Of-Life Decision Making, Minju Kim, Jieun Lee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this study was to systematically review reports of published randomized controlled trials to ascertain the effectiveness of an advance care planning intervention.

Case Study Of The Long Term Care 2.0 Barriers On The Hospice Share Care Patient's, Pei-Yu Lee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

In southern Taiwan, terminal patients have a high level of disability, while family caregivers are under pressure, but those with lower rates of use. This study expects to understand the barriers to the use of LTC 2.0 resources after discharge from the terminal patient.

Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Caring For Dying Patients And Their Families, Dianne N. Richoux

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Learn the results of a research study comparing the attitudes of Level I, Level II and Level III baccalaureate nursing students towards caring for dying patients and their families.

342 Infant/Child Nicu/Picu Deaths: Subsequent Health And Functioning Of Parents, Grandparents, And Surviving Siblings, Joanne M. Youngblut

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Overview of physical/mental health and functioning of 377 parents, 104 grandparents, and 132 siblings during the first year following 342 infant/child NICU/PICU deaths; what parents and siblings wished they had/had not done around infant/child death; NICU/PICU providers" actions parents found helpful/not helpful; and school-aged children"s/teens" responses to sibling death.

Experience Of Using The Concept Of Companionship To Care For Patients With Terminal Lung Cancer, Jia-Min Chen, Chi-Hui Chuang

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This paper explores Experience of using the concept of companionship to care for patients with terminal lung cancer, holistic health care was provided so that the patient no longer had fear while facing the end of life and was able to end his life journey with calm and dignity.

Nursing And Radiography Student Collaboration: Increasing Patient Satisfaction On A Dedicated Education Unit, Nancy N. Reese

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Patient satisfaction rates on two Dedicated Education Units (DEUs) have been low related to explanation of diagnostic procedures. A collaborative initiative of unit staff, faculty, radiography technology and nursing students provides education to patients on procedures. Outcomes include increased patient satisfaction, improved interdisciplinary communication and confidence in patient teaching.

Learning About Rurality: From Classroom To Community, Ruth T. Mielke, Sue Robertson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The didactic and experiential curricular modifications used to help prepare students and faculty for a rural traineeship are described. Specifically, the use of a holistic community assessment tool in a rural community is demonstrated. Analysis of student reflections on the assessment activity are included.

Asian Family Caregivers Caring For Patients With Terminal Cancer, Joosun Shin, Eunice Lee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Terminal cancer often advances rapidly, which makes it challenging for family caregivers to cope with end of life caregiving for their loved one. Asian family caregivers embrace unique sociocultural values, which could affect their terminal cancer caregiving. However, how the values of them affect terminal cancer caregiving isn't fully understood.

Changes In Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Perceptions About Caring For Dying Patients, Helen M. Taggart, Pamela L. Mahan, Haresh Rochani

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purposes of this study were to determine the changes in attitudes of baccalaureate nursing students toward caring for the dying from the beginning to the end of a baccalaureate nursing program and identify factors that influence students' perceptions. A multi method study was utilized.

Challenges In Advanced Care Planning In Primary Care: A Systematic Review, Pamela Willson, Sue Ellen Gondran

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The greatest obstacle to Advance Care Planning (ACP) is initiating the difficult conversation about death and planning for the end that is culturally sensitive and patient-centered. Poor end-of-life communication skills, lack of relationship building skills, and time constraints were the highest rated barriers to ACP. Improving outcomes will be discussed.

An Exploration Of Spiritual Care Of Home Visiting Nurses For Patients With Advanced Cancer, Chizuru Nagata, Aiko Tanaka, Rosanna Mcmaster

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The spiritual care process of home visiting nurses for patients with terminal phase of advanced cancer was explored and it was revealed that home visiting nurses provided spiritual care by clinical reasoning based on end-of-life total care.

Factors Associated With The Advance Care Planning Among Community Older Adults In Taiwan, Yen-Chun Lin, Wen-Yu Hu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Because of the cultural taboo, only few older adults in Taiwan have had the opportunity to discuss advance care planning (ACP). The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitude, and stage of change regarding ACP among community older adults and to explore the associated factors in Taiwan.

Advance Care Planning In A Dementia Specialty Practice, Valerie T. Cotter, Maryam Hasan, Jheesoo Ahn, Chakra Budhathoki, Esther Oh

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Participants attending this session will learn about a project aimed to enhance the rate of advance care planning (ACP) conversations in a dementia specialty practice by increasing physician knowledge, skill and confidence in having ACP conversations and using relevant Medicare codes.

Importance Of Palliative Care In End-Stage Liver Disease: A Rising Global Issue, Renee Pozza, Bonita Huiskes, Anna Marie Hefner

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The disease and management of end stage liver disease is a complex issue requiring a multi-disciplinary team approach. Often these individuals seek care from a variety of providers with resulting fragmentation and variable outcomes. This presentation aims to identify applicability from heart failure guidelines for palliative care to ESLD.

Growing The Next Generation Of Nurse Leaders In Palliative Care: An International Case Study, Kathryn A. Pfaff, Linda J. Patrick, Laurie Freeman-Gibb

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This session will report a case study evaluation of an innovative palliative care scholarship program that funds graduate nursing students from Canada and the UK to learn and translate evidence-based practices in palliative care. Positive outcomes for the participating scholars, universities, communities, and hospices are highlighted.

A Program Of Research: Cancer Symptom Management, Susan C. Mcmillan

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Dr. McMillan will review her program of research in cancer symptom management. She will report her early descriptive studies that led to her later funded clinical trials.

Gaps In Palliative Care Provision In Saskatchewan, Canada: Learning From Palliative Care Management, Susan Eva Fowler-Kerry, Louise Racine

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: This study is part of an ongoing project to develop a working knowledge about the long-standing uneven development and delivery of palliative care in Saskatchewan, Canada; subsequently providing a foundation for continuing study and facilitating practical improvement of palliative care programs.

Methods: The results to be presented are based on the current stage of this project, the analysis of longitudinal survey data which were collected from the management personnel of palliative care in each health region in 1998, 1999 and 2002. The three surveys are composed of both close-ended and open-ended questions, therefore both quantitative and qualitative analysis are …

Health Professionals' Knowledge, Attitudes, Experiences, Confidence, And Behaviors Regarding Advance Directives, Shu-Fen Wu, Hong-Yi Tung, Yu-Hua Lin, Chao-Hsien Lee, Hsiu-Chen Liao, Ching-Yun Ching

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Advance directives (ADs) are one of the few means for people to indicate their end-of-life treatment decision preference. The purpose of this study was to determine the ADs compaction knowledge, attitudes, experiences, confidence, and behaviors of health professions.

Methods: This was a descriptive correlational research that targeted 765 subjects (included 43 physicians, 424 nurses, 85 other medical staffs, and 213 administration staffs) working in a regional hospital in southern Taiwan. The structured questionnaires gathered the knowledge, attitudes, experiential survey on advance directives (KAESAD) instrument and basic demographic data with regard to advance directives. Data were analyzed by using SPSS …

Palliative Care And The Nurse's Role, Toby Bressler, Teresa L. Hagan, Jiayun Xu

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Palliative care refers to interdisciplinary patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and alleviating suffering across the continuum of a patient"s illness. Palliative care is crucial in clinical management and helps patients and families dealing with disease related symptoms and psychological implications. Given their focus on providing patient and family centered healthcare, nurses are often the first to recognize the need for palliative care that is consistent with nursing standards and code of ethics. The nurse"s role as a generalist in palliative care has been growing, and yet has not been fully defined. …

Screening For Palliative Care Patients By Utilizing Clinical Decision Support Within The Electronic Health Record, Tanja Baum, Ruth A. Bush, Caroline Etland, Cynthia D. Connelly

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Approximately $1.3 million annually can be saved when 500 palliative care consults are completed within the acute care setting. With 90 million Americans, of whom 20% are Medicare recipients that suffer from chronic medical conditions, 500 consults are not a distant number. The electronic clinical decision support and utilization of triggers to identify individuals who might benefit from palliative care using an algorithm within the electronic health record (EHR) can enable the multidisciplinary team to facilitate palliative care services.

The purpose of this feasibility study was to utilize variables available in the EHR of palliative care patients receiving palliative …

The Closing Composition: End-Of-Life Communication Strategies, Mary J. Isaacson, Mary Elizabeth Minton

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Background: Globally, palliative care at end-of-life (EOL) is indicated for over 19 million adults (Connor & Bermedo, 2014). Palliative and EOL care encompasses physical, psychosocial, and spiritual changes which necessitate ongoing intervention and evaluation (Coyle, 2015). Both the World Health Organization (WHO, 2016) and the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC, 2016) identify the palliative care team"s interprofessional composition, of which nurses are an integral component. At the center of the interprofessional, palliative care team is the patient; who desires shared decision-making (Alston et al., 2012). Patients and families are best served when health care communication envelopes the …

Palliative And Supportive Care In Turkey: Literature Review And Current Status Of Research, Imatullah Akyar

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the current literature on palliative and supportive care in Turkey, discuss current status and future research areas.

Methods: This study was conducted as a literature review. Literature review focused on palliative and supportive care studies done in Turkey. PubMed and Turkish National databases through Turkish Academic Network and Information Center were searched in 12-16 October 2015 with keywords 'Turkey/Turkish', 'palliative care', 'supportive care'. All hits including palliative and supportive care papers from Turkey written either in English or Turkish were included whereas letters to …

Exploring Symptom Clusters In Individuals Undergoing Surgery For Pancreatic Cancer, Sherry A. Burrell, Suzanne C. Smeltzer, Theresa Pluth Yeo

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 27, 2015:

Purpose: The aims of this primary nested, longitudinal, exploratory study were to explore self-reported symptom profiles to identify the presence of and changes in symptom clusters (SCs) and factors that influence the severity of the SCs in individuals with stage II pancreatic cancer (PC) before and at three, six, and nine months after surgery alone or in combination with adjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiation therapy.

Methods: This primary nested, longitudinal, exploratory study was conducted within an ongoing single center, prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of ethanol celiac plexis neurolysis versus placebo for pain …

Knowing About And Caring For Persons Receiving Hospice Care: The Lived Experiences Of Nurses Working In Hospice Agencies, Rita W. Ferguson

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:

Purpose: Knowing and caring by hospice nurses has received minimum research. By illuminating hospice nurses' experiences, end-of-life quality of care may be improved and nursing education enriched. Failure by nurses to utilize all ways of knowing in the provision of nursing care can lead to practice limitation. Caring, a value of nursing implies a relationship of knowing the patient. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological qualitative study was to explore the lived experiences of nurses working in hospice agencies regarding their knowing about and caring for persons receiving hospice care.

Methods: The phenomenological …

Trait Negative Affectivity: A Predictor Of Burnout And Secondary Traumatic Stress In Nurses In Wa, Desley G. Hegney, Karen Francis, Samar Aoun, David Hemsworth, Vicki Drury, Mark Craigie

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 24, 2014:

Purpose: The aim was to ascertain the relationship between the constructs of trait negative affectivity (TNA), depression, state anxiety, stress, compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction.

Methods: In 2013 an on-line self-report study was conducted. The survey contained demographic information and the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL), the DASS21 and the Spielberger Trait Anxiety Scale. The study included all nurses employed part or full time in an acute tertiary hospital in Perth.

Results: 299 of 1292 nurses provided useable data. Approximately 12% of nurses had stress levels in the moderate, severe to extreme …

Exploring Of Action Reflection Teaching To Nursing Students' Spiritual Status And Reflection In The Course Of Spiritual Nursing For Elders, Ya Lie Ku, Jen-Kuei Ko, Pi-Yu Lee

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Wednesday, July 24, 2013:

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore action reflection teaching to nursing students' spiritual status and reflection in the course of spiritual nursing for elders.

Methods: The first period was preparation period for the researcher and two faculties in the long-term care for the elders and three two- years nursing students to construct the process of life-review and reminiscence activities for the elders. The second period was conducting period for the researcher to inspire nursing students reflecting and experiencing the meaning of each unit in the course of spiritual nursing for …