The Role of the Chaplain as a Patient Navigator and Advocate for Patients in the Intensive Care Unit: One Academic Medical Center's Experience
Effective communication between intensive care unit (ICU) staff, and patients and their families, can help increase understanding, trust, and goals-of-care decisions. Many strategies focus on enhancing communication by increasing family meetings or adding patient navigators. In our ICU, we implement...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2019]
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Journal of religion and health
Jahr: 2019, Band: 58, Heft: 5, Seiten: 1833-1846 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
patient advocacy
B intensive care B patient-centered care B Chaplain B Spiritual Care B Patient navigation |
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Zusammenfassung: | Effective communication between intensive care unit (ICU) staff, and patients and their families, can help increase understanding, trust, and goals-of-care decisions. Many strategies focus on enhancing communication by increasing family meetings or adding patient navigators. In our ICU, we implemented both strategies, uniquely appointing a chaplain for the patient navigator role. We then surveyed ICU staff on their perceptions of the chaplain/patient navigator, which yielded several valuable insights. Although all staff supported a strong chaplaincy presence, many had concerns about the dual chaplain/patient navigator role. Based on our mixed results, we encourage further exploration to optimize the chaplain role in the ICU. |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-019-00865-z |