NR 601 Week 7 Collaboration Cafe; NP Role in Advanced Directives & Palliative Care Access

Lastly, to ensure the conversa琀椀on aligns with the pa琀椀ent’s values and goals, I would ask about their preferences and explain how each approach could help meet those needs. If a pa琀椀ent priori琀椀zes spending 琀椀me with loved ones without undergoing invasive treatments, hospice care might be a be琀琀er 昀椀t than pallia琀椀ve care. O昀昀ering visual aids/wri琀琀en materials such as pamphlets, to further clarify the informa琀椀on. These conversa琀椀ons should not be a one-琀椀me event, so I would follow up regularly to see if the pa琀椀ent's or family's needs have changed. Bringing in a mul琀椀disciplinary team, including social workers and chaplains, would also ensure that both the pa琀椀ent and family are well-supported emo琀椀onally and prac琀椀cally (CAPC, n.d.). By taking a compassionate and pa琀椀ent-centered approach, I can help make these di昀케cult conversa琀椀ons as respec琀昀ul and informa琀椀ve as possible. Reference Glajchen, M., Goehring, A., Johns, H., & Portenoy, R. (2022). Family mee琀椀ngs in pallia琀椀ve care: Bene昀椀ts and barriers. Current Treatment Op琀椀ons in Oncology, 23(5), 658–667. h琀琀ps://doi.org/10.1007/s11864- 022-00957-1 Hospice Founda琀椀on of America. (2018). What is hospice? Hospice Founda琀椀on of America. Retrieved October 20, 2024, from h琀琀ps://hospicefounda琀椀on.org/Hospice-Care/Hospice-Services Center to Advance Pallia琀椀ve Care (CAPC). (n.d.). Talking with Pa琀椀ents About Hospice. Retrieved October 20, 2024, from h琀琀ps://www.capc.org/talking-with-pa琀椀ents-about-hospice/ Teoli, D., & Kalish, V. B. (2023). Pallia琀椀ve care. PubMed; StatPearls Publishing. h琀琀ps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537113/ The 昀椀rst recommenda琀椀on I have to improve access to pallia琀椀ve and hospice care is to increase community awareness. This may be done by partnering up with the organiza琀椀ons that are o昀昀ering free health screenings and further including the op琀椀on to have a booth about advance care planning. By doing so, individuals will be provided much needed educa琀椀on regarding the ma琀琀er. They will fully understand the bene昀椀ts of them and any ques琀椀ons or concerns they may have will get answered. The outreach will then con琀椀nue to increase through word of mouth from one person to another. Another recommenda琀椀on I have is including di昀昀erent pamphlets/infographics that have informa琀椀on about the two at the provider’s o昀케ce. The individual themself may not need it, but they may know someone who does. A pamphlet or infographic are both easily a琀琀ainable and can be made so that they are easy to read/understand for all individuals. Hi Dunyah, I actually went to a food fair yesterday, and there was a health truck providing informa琀椀on about annual checkups, 昀氀u vaccines, and free blood pressure checks. There was a decent crowd listening to the informa琀椀on, and a line of people ge琀��ng their blood pressure checked. It showed me that community awareness is e昀昀ec琀椀ve and important. Studies have shown that individuals expressed high sa琀椀sfac琀椀on