“This May Be Recorded for Quality Assurance”: Approaches to Practice Fidelity in Telehealth Palliative Care (FR407)

Quality assurance and the palliative care team.

In the rapidly developing area of palliative care, it is essential that nurses ensure the service they offer to their patients is underpinned by robust quality mechanisms. In striving to improve the standards of care offered to patients and their families, nurses should utilise models of quality in their practice, for example, Maxwell's model of quality ( Maxwell 1984 ) ( Box 1 ).

Can high-quality palliative care for respiratory patients be improved?

Respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are major causes of mortality worldwide [1], therefore high-quality palliative care for these patients is an important priority and a relevant component in the comprehensive management of these patients. Unfortunately, there is evidence that compared with cancer, patients with end-stage respiratory diseases receive po...

AdipoRon may be benefit for atherosclerosis prevention

Atherosclerosis has serious role in coronary arteries disease,so it is important to establish effective strategies for prevention or even treatment of atherosclerosis. Adiponectin, as one of the most abundant adipokines, has insulin sensitivity, anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic properties. Disturbed adiponectin actions through its receptor, (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2) may be involved in atheros...

Reflective Practice in Palliative Care

Quality Assurance in Critical Care