• Find People
  • Campus Map
  • PiratePort
  • A-Z
    • About
    • Submit
    • Browse
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • Division of Health Sciences
    • College of Nursing
    • View Item
    •   ScholarShip Home
    • Division of Health Sciences
    • College of Nursing
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of The ScholarShipCommunities & CollectionsDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate SubmittedThis CollectionDateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsTypeDate Submitted

    My Account

    Login

    Statistics

    View Google Analytics Statistics

    Establishing a Competency Protocol to Improve Pediatric Hospice Care in North Carolina

    Thumbnail
    View/ Open
    Scholarly Project (813.4Kb)

    Show full item record
    Author
    Malpass, Sharry
    Abstract
    The loss of a child can have overwhelming effects on families and caregivers. End of life care focuses on providing quality health care to both the child and family. Nurses are advocates that provide interventions and comfort to those in need. Nurses’ attitude and knowledge can be contributory in improving patient outcomes. This project aimed to improve the comfort and knowledge of nurses caring for children in pediatric hospice care through the creation and use of an evidence-based competency protocol (also called clinical field guide). Knowledge and attitudes toward caring for pediatric hospice patients was explored among nurses in a focus group manner. A clinical field guide was developed based on evidence, an established adult hospice care guideline, and with input from the nurses in the focus groups. The participants were nurses employed in a home health and hospice agency. Outcomes of the project showed that nurses had an increased level of knowledge and comfort of caring for pediatric hospice patients with use of a clinical field guide. Participants expressed increased comfort knowing resources existed and were available for use.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6090
    Subject
    pediatric hospice care, guidelines, gaps in care
    Date
    2017-04-19
    Citation:
    APA:
    Malpass, Sharry. (April 2017). Establishing a Competency Protocol to Improve Pediatric Hospice Care in North Carolina (DNP Scholarly Project, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6090.)

    Display/Hide MLA, Chicago and APA citation formats.

    MLA:
    Malpass, Sharry. Establishing a Competency Protocol to Improve Pediatric Hospice Care in North Carolina. DNP Scholarly Project. East Carolina University, April 2017. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6090. August 10, 2022.
    Chicago:
    Malpass, Sharry, “Establishing a Competency Protocol to Improve Pediatric Hospice Care in North Carolina” (DNP Scholarly Project., East Carolina University, April 2017).
    AMA:
    Malpass, Sharry. Establishing a Competency Protocol to Improve Pediatric Hospice Care in North Carolina [DNP Scholarly Project]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; April 2017.
    Collections
    • College of Nursing

    xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.ItemViewer.elsevier_entitlement

    East Carolina University has created ScholarShip, a digital archive for the scholarly output of the ECU community.

    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Send Feedback