Identifying palliative care needs in heart failure patients with nurse-led screening

Identifying palliative care needs in heart failure patients with nurse-led screening 
Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing; by Christina Cantey, Yhaneek Douglas-Mattis, Jillian Lisiakowski, Caley Fowler, Deborah Ejem; 4/18/25 
... This quality improvement project aimed to improve the identification of unmet palliative care needs in patients with heart failure admitted to a progressive care unit by implementing a standardized nurse-administered palliative care screening tool. ... Implementing a nurse-administered screening tool effectively identified unmet palliative care needs among patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and NYHA III. Despite low rates of palliative consults, standardization using IPOS could increase screening, contribute to institutional triggering palliative consultations, and improve awareness of unmet needs.