IMPACT-ICU

A video-based communication skills training designed to help integrate palliative care into the ICU by training and supporting bedside nurses.

VitalTalk Introduces IMPCAT-ICU Toolkit

Tools for ICU nurses to be more effective communicators and to improve nurse-physician collaboration.

Palliative care in the icu – a nurse's role

Learn more about the crucial role for nurses in ICU palliative care. (5 videos)

A Better Way To Practice: A Bedside Nurse’s Perspective

Palliative Care and ICU Nurses’ Scope of Practice

Communication about Prognosis and Goals of Care: The Nurse’s Role

Nurses are the Bridge: A Family Perspective

Supporting Each Other: A Physician’s Perspective

The 3 conversations

Watch bedside nurses skillfully navigate discussions with patients and physicians in family meetings. (3 videos)

Nurse-Family Conversation

Nurse-Physician Conversation

Family Conference

Coaching

Supporting primary palliative care at the bedside. (1 video)

Supporting primary palliative care at the bedside

References: Read articles on PubMed about nurses’ roles in palliative care communication including information about the IMPACT-ICU program.

Copyright: © The Integrating Multidisciplinary Palliative Care into the ICU (IMPACT-ICU) Project, The Regents of the University of California, 2017

Acknowledgements: The design and production of these videos and website were funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the California Health Care Foundation.