Emergency department-based, nurse-initiated, serious illness conversation intervention for older adults: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Emergency department-based, nurse-initiated, serious illness conversation intervention for older adults: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Visits to the emergency department (ED) are inflection points in patients’ illness trajectories and are an underutilized setting to engage seriously ill patients in conversations about their goals of care. We developed an intervention (ED GOAL) that primes seriously ill patients...

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Main Authors: Thidathit Prachanukool, Susan D. Block, Donna Berry, Rachel S. Lee, Sarah Rossmassler, Mohammad A. Hasdianda, Wei Wang, Rebecca Sudore, Mara A. Schonberg, James A. Tulsky, Kei Ouchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-10-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Geriatrics
Emergency medicine
Palliative care
Motivational interviewing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06797-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06797-6

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