Abstract
In more than 90% of cases of neonate deaths, terminal comfort care was provided in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (Soni et al., 2011). Palliative care teams are increasing, but not enough organizations have embraced the need for better palliative care guidelines. Nor do many organizations know when, how, or if palliative care should even be introduced. These events lead to comfort care measures being underutilized in the NICU for most newborn infants with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions. Neonatal palliative care is discussed more than in years past, but little research has been dedicated to how early palliative care can improve comfort and quality of life while in the inpatient hospital setting. Keywords you will find throughout this benchmark study are neonatal palliative care, neonatal quality of life, palliative care nursing, parental stress in end-of-life decision-making, provider preferences, and perceptions of palliative care.
Date of publication
Spring 4-16-2023
Document Type
MSN Capstone Project
Language
english
Persistent identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4223
Degree
FNP
Recommended Citation
Miller, Raegan, "Palliative Care in the Neonatal Population" (2023). MSN Capstone Projects. Paper 259.
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4223