J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2019 Apr;21(2):E5-E12. doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000540.

End-of-Life Nursing and Education Consortium Communication Curriculum for Nurses.

Journal of hospice and palliative nursing : JHPN : the official journal of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

Haley Buller, Rose Virani, Pamela Malloy, Judith Paice

PMID: 30676425 DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000540

Abstract

Nurses have unique clinical responsibilities and opportunities with patients that require strong communication skills. However, many nurses lack effective communication skills and often receive inadequate palliative care communication training and education. To promote communication education for palliative care nurses, the End-of-Life Nursing and Education Consortium created a Communication Curriculum for nurses and developed an in-person train-the-trainer course. Organized by the 8 domains of the National Consensus Project Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, a 1-day course was provided in August 2018 to 46 nurses representing 38 institutions. Completion of precourse surveys demonstrated participants' institutional resources for palliative care communication education and their greatest communication challenges. Immediate postcourse evaluations demonstrated that the course improved nurses' knowledge and confidence in communication and their ability to educate others. Palliative care nurses can incorporate communication skills into their practice and provide communication skills training to their institution.

MeSH terms

• Communication*
• Curriculum
• Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate*
• Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing / education
• Humans
• Palliative Care
• Practice Patterns, Nurses' / standards

Publication Types

• Consensus Development Conference
• Journal Article
• Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't