Improving End-of-Life Communications Using Technology-Assisted Continuing Education With Interprofessional Teams

J Nurses Prof Dev. 2019 Jan/Feb;35(1):25-31. doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000514.

Abstract

Registered nurses and social workers may have little experience engaging in end-of-life discussions. Technology-assisted continuing education (TACE) improves interprofessionals' capability and comfort with these difficult discussions. This study measured the impact of TACE on improving the capability and comfort of caregivers with end-of-life communication. Comfort and capability scores increased postintervention. This was the first dual site two-discipline pilot study to explore this TACE methodology.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Education, Continuing*
  • Humans
  • Interdisciplinary Communication*
  • Nurses
  • Patient Care Team*
  • Pilot Projects
  • Social Workers
  • Terminal Care*