Implementation of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (palliative version) on an inpatient palliative care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale - Palliative version (RASS-PAL) tool is a brief observational tool to quantify a patient's level of agitation or sedation. The objective of this study was to implement the RASS-PAL tool on an inpatient palliative care unit and evaluate the implementation process.

Methods

Quality improvement implementation project using a short online RASS-PAL self-learning module and point-of-care tool. Participants were staff working on a 31-bed inpatient palliative care unit who completed the RASS-PAL self-learning module and online evaluation survey.

Results

The self-learning module was completed by 49/50 (98%) of regular palliative care unit staff (nurses, physicians, allied health, and other palliative care unit staff). The complet

SUBMITTER: Bush SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10625230 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature