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The impact of in-house education on staff confidence in delivering palliative and end-of-life care: a service evaluation

Br J Nurs. 2024 Nov 7;33(20):976-982. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2023.0297.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Palliative and end-of-life care (EoLC) education is available to all community and hospital healthcare staff in one NHS trust in the north-east of England. It is also available to care home and domiciliary care staff within the geographical area of the trust.AIMS: This service evaluation assessed the effect of current in-house education on staff confidence levels in delivering palliative and EoLC. It also examined staff perceptions of how attendance at these courses impacted on the palliative and EoLC patients receive across the locality.METHOD: A mixed-methods approach was undertaken. Anonymous data were collected…
Origen: The impact of in-house education on staff confidence in delivering palliative and end-of-life care: a service evaluation – PubMed

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Implementing palliative care in hepatocellular carcinoma ambulatory clinics-study protocol for Accelerated translational research in PRImary liver CAncer (APRICA) randomised controlled palliative care trial

Trials. 2024 Nov 7;25(1):743. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08603-x.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Integration of symptom and palliative care for people with advanced cancer is established in many tumour types, but its role in people with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has not been clearly defined. This study aims to evaluate the clinical and cost effectiveness of an intervention involving a suite of strategies designed to assess and treat palliative care symptoms and needs in adult outpatients with HCC attending four New South Wales (NSW) metropolitan tertiary hospitals.METHODS: This trial will use a pragmatic cluster-based randomised-controlled design, with ambulatory HCC services as the clusters. HCC patients will be recruited…
Origen: Implementing palliative care in hepatocellular carcinoma ambulatory clinics-study protocol for Accelerated translational research in PRImary liver CAncer (APRICA) randomised controlled palliative care trial – PubMed

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The role and perception of the caregiver in a specialized pediatric palliative care center in medicine preparation and administration: a survey study

Ital J Pediatr. 2024 Nov 6;50(1):238. doi: 10.1186/s13052-024-01809-4.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: In pediatric palliative care, the main caregiver is primarily responsible for managing pharmaceutical therapies. Few data are available regarding the influence of this burden on quality of life in terms of time, concerns as well as a considerable risk of administration errors and adverse effects. This study aims to investigate how caregivers prepared and administrated medication, including errors and associated expectations, to identify improvement interventions.METHODS: Between October 2022 and March 2023, a descriptive single-center survey study was carried out in the tertiary care pediatric palliative center of the Padova University Hospital. Participants…
Origen: The role and perception of the caregiver in a specialized pediatric palliative care center in medicine preparation and administration: a survey study – PubMed

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