Implementing education for community adult hospice nurses to expand pediatric hospice and palliative care

Implementing education for community adult hospice nurses to expand pediatric hospice and palliative care
Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing; by Shelly C Wenzel; 8/25
Pediatric hospice and palliative patients require specially-trained clinicians to provide holistic support in areas such as disease progression, illness trajectory, and goals of care. An asynchronous online educational module, including a pre- and postmodule survey, was developed to provide education on timely pediatric quality-of-life conversations and skills for nurses who work with the adult population. Following the education module, participants reported an increase in comfort from 25% to 93.3% and willingness from 59% to 93.3%. Additionally, postmodule confidence level increased to 94%. These findings suggest an asynchronous educational module approach benefits the needs of community-based adult hospice and palliative nurses and gains learned from this module may enhance nurse skill and improve access to care.