My reading list is filling back up again, and I’m absolutely loving it. I’m squeezing in chapters here and there, and you better believe free moments in between meetings and snippets of downtime have their fair share of bit-sized information... Read More
The Article: van der Spek, E. (2011). Advanced care planning: How does current practice compare with best practice? PACEsetterS, 8(3): 34-39. Big Idea: This study examined the advanced care planning (ACP) within one Australian Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF), which... Read More
The Article: Black, K. (2007). Health care professionals’ death attitudes, experiences, and advance directive communication behavior. Death Studies, 31: 563-572. Big Idea: Healthcare professionals have been required to inquire about advance directive creation of all adults since the passage of... Read More
The Article: Durbin, C., Fish, A., Bachman, J., & Smith, K. (2010). Systematic review of educational interventions for improving advance directive completion. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 42(3): 234-231. Big Idea: Pay attention. This is a systematic review – the mother-load... Read More
Today is National Healthcare Decisions Day. Your decisions matter. As healthcare professionals, many of us know the importance of having advanced directives. A lot of us dance around the discussion, but it is an important one to have with all... Read More
Advanced care planning is all-too-often overlooked by healthcare professionals and our society in general. Check out this great video about what many people want their death to be like. I wonder how many of them will have their wishes as... Read More