ArticleMilitary medicine2025
Feasibility of Nurse-Facilitated Advance Care Planning Among Older Veterans in a Dialysis Unit and an Oncology Infusion Center.
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introductionMany veterans with serious illnesses, such as end-stage kidney disease requiring dialysis and advanced cancer requiring treatment infusions, must make complex decisions about their current and future medical care. Advance care planning (ACP) is a process where individuals identify, express, and communicate their personal values, life goals, and preferences for care. ACP may be feasible in chemotherapy infusion centers or chronic dialysis centers during patient treatment. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe assessed the feasibility of a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) facilitator to help veterans review the PREPARE for Your Care program (www.prepareforyourcare.org) and complete an advance directive (AD) in an outpatient hemodialysis unit or a chemotherapy infusion center. PREPARE For Your Care is an evidence-based online program with written pamphlets and ADs that prepares patients to participate with clinicians in making medical decisions. We measured the time to complete a session and the level of assistance required from LVNs via LVN self-report. Self-reported ease-of-use, comfort, and helpfulness were assessed on a 10-point Likert scale from 1 (not at all) to 10 (very).
resultsTwenty-eight patients were enrolled (mean age ± SD: 67 ± 11 years); all (100%) completed PREPARE and the AD within 1 session. The mean completion time was 100 (±40) minutes. Most of the patients required considerable assistance from the LVN. The mean scores were 8.0 of 10 for ease-of-use (±2.3), 7.7 of 10 (±2.8) for comfort, and 8.2 of 10 (±2.3) for helpfulness.
conclusionsThis pilot study demonstrates that using PREPARE as an ACP tool for veterans may be feasible for patients during hemodialysis and chemotherapy infusion. Patients required considerable assistance from the LVN to complete PREPARE. Hemodialysis and chemotherapy infusion are opportunities when patients have time and space to consider ACP.
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