Spring Education Exchange (SEE): Creating and Sustaining a Night Shift End-of-Life (EOL) Safety Huddle to Improve Communication and Collaboration Among Disciplines

Spring Education Exchange (SEE): Day 1, Session 4

Presented By:

Michelle Schuster MSN, RN, CPHON

Katherine Woodard, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC, CPHON

Session Details: Day 1: May 14, Session 4: 3:00 PM EST (2:00 PM CST/12:00 PM MST/11:00 AM PST)

Overview of Session: This session will cover the Night Shift EOL Safety Huddle quality improvement (QI) intervention implemented to enhance communication, awareness, and collaboration among interprofessional team members caring for end-of-life oncology patients during night shifts. Utilizing a streamlined checklist and nighttime Zoom huddle, the intervention was guided by the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) framework and conducted over eight weeks on a 30-bed inpatient oncology unit. Feedback led to narrowing the patient inclusion criteria and having the night charge nurse lead the meetings. Post-pilot data revealed that over 90% of respondents found the huddle useful, with significant improvements in symptom management plans, critical event contingencies, communication, and team awareness. The intervention’s success underscores its value in providing high-quality EOL care and highlights the importance of interdisciplinary approaches in healthcare QI projects.

Learning Outcomes:

• Develop an End-of-Life Night Shift Safety Huddle within their own oncology units
• Describe the importance of clear interprofessional communication on off-shift hours for managing end-of-life oncology patients

This contains 2 sections:

1. Webinar Session Link
2. Post-Session Evaluation

APHON will provide 0.5 nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) contact hour(s) for the successful completion of this session. Successful completion requires attendance for the entire session and the completion of the post-session evaluation.

The Spring Education Exchange (SEE) sessions and post-session evaluations will be available for 30 days.

The Association for Pediatric Hematology Oncology Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This provider is also approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 14513.

None of the planners for this activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies.

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Questions or concerns? Contact education@aphon.org.

The APHON Spring Education Exchange is sponsored by ONCC.