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Author: Tljones1971
Date: Sep 23, 2011 2:12 pm
Hello,

I am a doctoral student who has chosen to start an End-of-Life Care education program in a nursing home. I chose this as a project because of the deficiencies I have witnessed due to lack of knowledge and confidence by the staff in the long term care setting. I am pilotting the program in one nursing home first and plan to expand to different nursing homes once the evaluation of the first program has been proved to be successful. I need to write the policies and procedures, standing orders, and curriculum for the program. I go before the IRB at the end of the next quarter which starts in October.

Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas?

Tametra
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+ Re:PALLIATIVE CARE CAPSTONE PROJECT (by hcgmille on 09/23/2011)
suggest you contact joan teno md, brown university who has extensive experience in EOL care in NH setting
+ Re:PALLIATIVE CARE CAPSTONE PROJECT (by DrJoanneLynn on 09/23/2011)
Might your committee be open to the possibility of doing this work as an improvement activity, rather than research involving human subjects? Are you mainly aiming to improve things where you are working (and take the insights gained to other settings), or are you mainly aiming to learn something for use elsewhere (and just "using" this site")? IF the honest answer is the former, then learn CQI methods, control charts, sustainability strategies, realistic evaluation, etc. I know that many PhD committees won't stomach these (to them) novel methods, but it's worth a pause to consider, since they are much more effective (if the aim is improvement)

Joanne Lynn
Re:PALLIATIVE CARE CAPSTONE PROJECT (by DrJoanneLynn on 09/23/2011)
Might your committee be open to the possibility of doing this work as an improvement activity, rather than research involving human subjects? Are you mainly aiming to improve things where you are working (and take the insights gained to other settings), or are you mainly aiming to learn something for use elsewhere (and just "using" this site")? IF the honest answer is the former, then learn CQI methods, control charts, sustainability strategies, realistic evaluation, etc. I know that many PhD committees won't stomach these (to them) novel methods, but it's worth a pause to consider, since they are much more effective (if the aim is improvement)

Joanne Lynn

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