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In the Nick of Time: Advance Care Planning in the ICU

AJN Off the Charts

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

I made a copy of it and gave it to the ICU social worker to scan for the patient’s electronic chart. I then wrote a note and texted the nurse practitioner in the cancer center to let her know the patient now had an advance directive, thanks to her earlier effort. I had one with me and the time to help review it with her.

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Social worker Palliative care Resuscitation Palliate

Preventable and Aggressive Care for Cancer Patients: To the Bitter End

AJN Off the Charts

APRIL 7, 2023

And we can promote access to palliative care and advance care planning and to supports like social workers and chaplains if we see those would be helpful—and to hospice when that’s appropriate. If older people with cancer are fully informed and want to come to the ED, the hospital, the ICU, I’m a fierce advocate for that.

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Resuscitation Palliative care Nursing home 2013

In the Nick of Time: Advance Care Planning in the ICU

Preventable and Aggressive Care for Cancer Patients: To the Bitter End

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