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Post Improvement needed?
Author: chrmcbride
Date: Jan 30, 2010 9:33 pm
Death occurrence,58% in hospitals, 22% at home, 20% nursing homes, 59% of all hospital deaths occur in ICUs, 540,000 decedents a year according to
(Weitzen et al, 2003; Angus et al, 2004)
With these types of numbers it is imperative that ICU nurses and Physicians understand that Palliative Care includes information for the family as well as the patient. The need for this education should not be ignored. With that being said there have been improvements in this area, but there remains plenty of improvements.



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Re:Improvement needed? (by cnalls on 01/30/2010)
Hey! Improvement needed indeed! Wow those numbers really bring home the reality that there is indeed something lacking in the ICU department. For the majority of deaths to occur in the hospital, then the majority of those deaths to be from the ICU, surely improvements in that area would be at the forefront of any developmental plans. At least I would hope so. And I agree that informing the family as well as the patient can only be a positive thing.

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