Title
Increasing Access To Evidence-Based Pediatric Palliative Care Through Continuing Education Of Nurses
Date of Award
1-1-2017
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Yale University School of Nursing
First Advisor
Ruth McCorkle
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Hamre, Taryn J., "Increasing Access To Evidence-Based Pediatric Palliative Care Through Continuing Education Of Nurses" (2017). Yale School of Nursing Digital Theses. 1064.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysndt/1064
This Article is Open Access