Integrating Palliative and Critical Care - New Jersey Medical School

Name:
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey: Integrating Palliative and
Critical Care

Description:
A comprehensive booklet providing educational background on common topics
concerning palliative care in the intensive care unit.

Category:
Educational Tools - Clinician Education

Source:
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
150 Bergen Street
Newark, New Jersey 07103-4300
973.972.4300
www.theuniversityhospital.com/palliative

Contact:
Anne Mosenthal, M.D.
Director, SICU
mosentac@umdnj.edu

How the grantee used this instrument:
This booklet is distributed to all medical, surgical residents as they begin their
rotation in the Intensive Care Unit, and to all nurses when they are hired. It is
used as a quick reference guide and includes the topics: Frequently asked
questions about withholding and withdrawing life support, treatment of pain in the dying ICU patient, interdisciplinary staff communications with patients and their families, and principles and practice of withdrawing life support.

Keywords:
physician training, clinical information, intensive care unit, ICU, nurse training,
communication

To use this tool:
This tool was adapted from a similar booklet by Randy Curtis, M.D., and Patsy
Treece, R.N., M.S., University of Washington-Harborview Medical Center,
Seattle, WA. For information on obtaining copies of the Palliative Care
Handbook please go to www.theuniversityhospital.com/palliative. Forms are at
the bottom of the page.

References:
Developed specifically for this project by the project team.

Posted: July 2006

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Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care was a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families.