Effectiveness of Pediatric Palliative Care Education on Pediatric Clinicians. (December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Peng, Niang-Huei; Lee, Cheng-Han; Lee, Min-Chun; Huang, Li-Chi; Chang, Yue-Cune; DeSwarte-Wallace, Joetta
• Is Part Of: Western journal of nursing research. Volume 39:Number 12(2017)
• Page Start: 1624
• Page End: 1638
• Publication Date: 2017-12
• Subjects: pediatric palliative care -- clinical education -- confidence -- pediatricians -- nurses; Nursing -- Research -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Research -- West (U.S.) -- Periodicals; Nursing -- West (U.S.) -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing Research -- Periodicals; Soins infirmiers -- Recherche -- Périodiques; Soins infirmiers -- Périodiques; Soins infirmiers -- Recherche -- États-Unis (Ouest) -- Périodiques; Soins infirmiers -- États-Unis (Ouest) -- Périodiques; Soins infirmiers; Recherche; États-Unis (Ouest); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 610.730702
• DOI: 10.1177/0193945916680615
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0193-9459

Abstract

A lack of knowledge and skills in pediatric palliative care may create hesitation in caring for children with serious life-threatening conditions and their families. Our research examined the effectiveness of pediatric palliative care training for pediatric clinicians. A pretest–posttest study provided educational training in pediatric palliative care to pediatric clinicians and used a pretest and a posttest to assess outcomes. Fifty pediatric clinicians attended this research with 83.3% response rate. After training, participants reported significantly increased confidence in a variety of areas, including providing emotional support to clinicians, personal knowledge, skills, and communication; ethical and legal concerns; and providing emotional support to dying children and their families. Results showed a significant main effect of training on confidence levels ( p < .000). This suggests that education can effectively boost pediatric clinicians' confidence regarding providing pediatric palliative care and therefore should regularly be provided to clinicians.