The Importance Of Training In End Of Life Care

Healthcare workers can enhance their ability to expand their emotional capacity by the facility offering training sessions to teach patient advocacy during end-of-life care and focus on communication techniques for a nurse to use during the dying process of a patient. Training of healthcare workers is not a priority to facilities according to research, though it needs to be. Research has shown that healthcare workers who work in end-of-life care settings do not portray the training needed to inform the patients’ and families about possible decisions to be made regarding the patient or informing the patient of bad news (Hebert). A study was conducted which contained medical students, residents, and 287 medical schools in the United States. The results were as followed: “only 18% of medical students and residents received formal training in end-of-life care, and over 40% of residents felt unprepared to teach end-of-life care to younger clinicians in training.” (Hebert). …show more content…
The facility needs to have training programs to help nurses and doctors learn how to handle end-of-life care and help them know how to put the patient first in the process. These sessions should consists of lectures, presentations, even short test so the healthcare staff are really learning what it means to expand their emotional capacity. Training is the first step in order for nurses and physicians to be aware of their emotions so they can provide the upmost care during this time. It is important for nurses and other healthcare workers to be trained to advocate for the patients during end-of-life care. Being a patient advocate is putting the patient