Developing, Promoting, and Sustaining Palliative Care Across Central Eastern Europe

Abstract

Worldwide, health care is becoming more complex and multifaceted. Nurses, who spend more time at the bedside or out in the community with patients and their families than any other health care professional, need leadership-building skills in order to navigate these challenging times. New guidelines focus on interprofessional and holistic care, emphasizing the importance of building leadership skills and abilities. The World Health Organization and the European Association for Palliative Care have shown interest in influencing the development and implementation of palliative care services globally, given the increasingly aging population, the growing incidence of cancer, and the human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS epidemic. Despite challenges in developing leadership skills in nurses throughout Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), visionary nursing leaders throughout these countries have taken the opportunity to develop the Transformational Palliative Nursing Leadership Program, which has been designed to improve the leadership abilities of palliative care nurses throughout CEE countries. The purpose of the Transformational Palliative Nursing Leadership Program education is to equip palliative care nurses with the ability to promote, develop, and sustain this specialized care in CEE countries or any other part of the world.

Palliative Care Masterclass for Nurses in Central-Eastern Europe

“…Each PC session is jointly taught by the Romanian nurse faculty member and a nurse faculty member or practitioner from America to contribute at the enhancement of the Romanian nursing students' PC knowledge and skills by exposing them to international evidence-based clinical practices. Collaboration between the Romanian nurses and their American counterparts has also progressed to conducting joint research studies, 14 developing protocols, and disseminating their work through professional publications [15][16][17] and presentations at conferences as well as expanded educational initiatives.…”

Sikap Perawat dalam Memberikan Asuhan Keperawatan pada Pasien Paliatif

“…Berbagai pelatihan yang diperlukan bagi perawat paliatif antara lain manejemen gejala, asuhan keperawatan berkelanjutan, peningkatan Edy Suprayitno, Raisa Farida Kafil kualitas hidup pasien dan asuhan keperawatan sesuai kasus yang dialami pasien, metode pendidikan kesehatan kepada pasien dan keluarga, komunikasi terapeutik (Hickman et al, 2020), (Frey et al, 2019. Tujuan dari pelatihan ini adalah memberikan pengajaran kepemimpinan keperawatan, kemampuan mempromosikan intervensi kepada pasien dan keluarga dan mengembangkan keterampilan (Mitrea et al, 2019).…”

One-week multidisciplinary post-graduate palliative care training: an outcome-based program evaluation

“…To enhance and enable palliative care education, networking and setting global standards is of particular significance [ 6 , 9 – 12 ]. Previous international training initiatives, such as the European Certificate in Essential Palliative Care (ECEPC) [ 13 ], the Transformational Palliative Nursing Leadership Program for CEE countries [ 14 ], and several other cross-country educational collaborations have proven very successful [ 11 ]. However, before setting up programs, it is essential to acquire “the knowledge and skills” as well as “the cultural sensitivity and the humility to provide long-term, effective, locally relevant palliative care training and technical assistance.” [ 11 ] In 2018 an ethnographic fieldwork to Central Asian, Eastern and South-Eastern European countries was conducted.…”