Impact of an Evidence-Based Pediatric Palliative Care Program on Nurses' Self-Efficacy
Nurses; Evidence-based practice; Pediatric palliative; Professional development
Background The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a 1-day evidence-based pediatric palliative care continuing professional development program on nurses' and advanced practice registered nurses' perceived self-efficacy regarding palliative care. Method The revised Pediatric Palliative Care Questionnaire was administered to participants before and after a 71/2-hour program. A multimodal approach was used to teach topics specific to pediatric palliative care. Results Thirty-one participants completed questionnaires. Notably, most of the participants had provided palliative or end-of-life care, but few had previous education specific to pediatrics. The self-efficacy scores of the participants significantly increased after program attendance (Z = 3.53, p < .001). Conclusion Continuing professional development in pediatric palliative care improves nurses' and advanced practice registered nurses' confidence in their skills to provide this care. Findings of this study support the need for pediatric-specific education in nursing training programs and continuing professional development offerings. Continuing education may be the key to improving access to high-quality care for children living with serious illness and their families. <b>[J Contin Educ Nurs. 2022;53(6):264-272.]</b>.
Hamre TJ; O'Shea ER; Hinderer KA; Mosha MH; Wentland BA
Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing
2022
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Increasing access to evidence-based pediatric palliative care through continuing education of nurses
quality of life; Pediatrics; Palliative Care; pediatric palliative care; Nurses; nurses; Quality of Life
BACKGROUND: Each year approximately 42,000 children die and 400,000 children cope with chronic or life threatening illnesses in the U.S. Improved access to evidence based pediatric palliative care is essential to ease suffering, manage distressing symptoms and to improve quality of life. METHODS: A literature review was conducted. A panel of national pediatric palliative care experts validated and rated educational subcategories identified in the review in accordance to relevance and importance. RESULTS: The panel of experts rated 25 of 53 sub categories with a 0.78 percent agreement in both relevance and importance. Nine of those twenty-five sub categories had 100% agreement in relevance and importance among all the experts. CONCLUSION: Providing nurses with education on general, evidence based pediatric palliative care skills, identified by an interdisciplinary team of experts in the field, is critical for expanding knowledge and access to palliative care to all children in need of such care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2018 APA, all rights reserved)
Hamre TJ
2019
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