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English
Abstract (type = abstract)
Palliative care services aim to anticipate, prevent, and treat symptoms associated with life-threatening diseases. However, research has shown African Americans are less likely to engage in end of life services when compared to their non-African American counterparts. The purpose of this project was to assess end of life knowledge of African Americans, assess African Americans' ability to make an informed decision regarding the end-of-life care, provide a faith-based end of life education session, and evaluate its effectiveness. Imogene King's general system framework was used to structure and guide this project. A demographic survey and evidence-based tools were administered before the intervention and immediately following and two weeks after the intervention. A Friedman test was used to analyze change over time with pre and posttests 1 and 2, which showed a significance level of (p<0.01). Results indicate there were an overall increase in the mean PaCKS scores after the educational session.
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Topic
Family Nurse Practitioner
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Topic
Palliative treatment
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Topic
Terminal care
Subject (authority = LCSH)
Topic
African Americans -- Medical care
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD
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ETD_10023
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1 online resource (54 pages)
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DNP
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Includes bibliographical references
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School of Nursing (RBHS) DNP Projects
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rucore10004500001
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