Nurses ' needs when collaborating with other healthcare professionals in palliative dementia care

C. Khemai*, D. J. A. Janssen, J. M. G. A. Schols, L. Naus, S. Kemper, I. Jole, S. R. Bolt, J. M. M. Meijers

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Abstract

Adequate interprofessional collaboration is essential to provide high quality palliative dementia care across different settings. Within interprofessional collaboration, nurses are the frontline healthcare professionals (HCPs), who interact closely with people with dementia, their loved ones, and other HCPs. A survey was conducted to explore the needs of nurses regarding interprofessional collaboration in home care (HC) organisations, nursing homes (NHs) and during NH admissions. The survey identified the perceived quality of and preferred needs regarding interprofessional collaboration. In total, 384 participants (53.9% home care nurses) completed the survey. The most frequently reported collaboration needs in HC organisations and NH were optimal communication content e.g. information transfer and short communication lines (being able to easily contact other disciplines), and coordination e.g. one contact person, and clear task division and responsibilities). During NH admissions, it was important to create transparency about agreements concerning end-of-life wishes, optimize nurse-to-nurse handover during NH admissions (through performing visits prior to admissions, and receiving practical information on how to guide relatives), and improve coordination (e.g. one contact person). In conclusion, the key collaboration needs were organising central coordination, establishing optimal communication, and creating transparency on end-of-life care agreements.

Original languageEnglish
Article number102866
Number of pages8
JournalNurse Education in Practice
Volume48
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2020

Keywords

  • COMMUNICATION
  • Collaboration
  • END-OF-LIFE
  • INTERVENTIONS
  • Interprofessional
  • NURSING-HOME
  • Nurses
  • Nursing home admissions
  • OLDER-PEOPLE
  • PATIENT
  • RESIDENTS
  • TRANSITIONS
  • KNOWLEDGE
  • CHALLENGES
  • TRANSITIONAL CARE

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