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Keywords

Heart Failure, Palliative care

Disciplines

Nursing

Description

  • Heart failure is a highly prevalent disease that is associated with many negative health outcomes such as frequent hospitalizations, impaired quality of life, early mortality, and economic burden.

6.2 million people in the United States are diagnosed with heart failure.

$30.7 billion is estimated to contribute to healthcare costs for heart failure patients including medications, healthcare services, and missed work.

  • Palliative care is appropriate at any age or stage of incurable illness; it seeks to improve quality of life for patients and families through symptom-burden relief.
  • For heart failure patients, palliative care can address dyspnea, fatigue, and pain.
  • Literature supports that implementation of a screening tool standardizes identification of adults who may benefit from palliative care.
  • The aim of this evidence-based practice project was to implement a screening process for palliative care in the heart failure population to increase palliative care referrals.

Publication Date

5-6-2024

Comments

Nurses Week at Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, May 6-12, 2024.

Increasing Palliative Care Referrals in Heart Failure Patients

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