Nurse-led primary palliative care led to significantly higher uptake of advance care planning vs. standard care among patients with advanced cancers, according to study results in JCCN — Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.Researchers noted increases in rates of end-of-life conversations and completion of advance directives following a 3-month assessment.
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New research in the April 2023 issue of JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds that specially trained oncology infusion room nurses can improve advance care planning (ACP) for patients with advanced cancer. As compared to patients who received standard care, those who participated in targeted and specialized intervention had a dramatically increased rate of creating advance directives and taking part in conversation about end-of-life issues.
Meaningful end-of-life care efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic included maintaining relationships with isolated patients, connecting patients to families and creating humanistic episodes, according to study results published in CHEST.“Recent systematic reviews have identified components of good death, such as the absence of physical pain and symptoms,” Mayumi Nishimura, MPH, DrPH,