A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Completion and Documentation of Advanced Directives in the ICU at a U.S. Community Teaching Hospital

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Completion and Documentation of Advanced Directives in the ICU at a U.S. Community Teaching Hospital

Objectives:. Advance directives can help guide care in the ICU. As a healthcare quality improvement initiative, we sought to increase the percentage of patients with a healthcare power of attorney and/or practitioner orders for life-sustaining treatment in our ICU and to increase medical resident ex...

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Main Authors:	Kristin L. Walter, MD, MS, Hillarie E. Joehl, MS, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, RN, Taha Alrifai, MD, Thomas G. Varghese, MD, Matthew J. Tyler, MD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer 2021-05-01
Series:	Critical Care Explorations
Online Access:	http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000413

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