Putting Prognosis First: Impact of an Intensive Care Unit Team Premeeting Curriculum.

ABSTRACT: Background: The paradigm of care has shifted in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) such that patients are frequently cared for by teams of specialists rather than the ICU attending physician solely managing care. An unintended consequence of care managed by multiple specialists is that families often receive conflicting messages from different team members, with little focus on disclosing prognosis. Objective: To address this gap, we developed and pilot-tested a team communication skills training (CST) program focused on the healthcare team premeeting in which roles, purpose, and prognosis are clarified before meeting with the family. Our aim was to assess whether the team CST program was associated with increased discussion of prognosis during the team premeeting. Me

SUBMITTER: October TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8519315 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature