Capstone Project ideas

[Becky8]

I am starting my BSN capstone course this Fall and am working on ideas for a capstone project in hospice/palliative care. I work in a hospice/palliative care inpatient unit that provides symptom management. Any ideas on what might be a good focal point?

Thanks!

[llg, PhD, RN]

Schedule a meeting with the unit's educator and/or manager -- or anyone else you feel would be appropriate for that setting. Ask them for advice based on what the unit needs and/or what projects are currently in the works. You should pick a project that has the support of those people because you want them to be resources for you, provide you with resources, support what you do and say, etc. You don't want to pick a project that they do not support, that doesn't blend well with their priorities and plans, etc.

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

• An educational project to educate families that demand a full code concerning the actual torture it puts terminally ill patients through.
  
• An educational project as to the benefits of hospice and palliative care especially answering such questions as to why hospice, why now?
  
• An in-service educational project to educate the providers, social workers, case managers, etc. on the various floors of the hospital where you work as to the benefits of palliative service and hospice, and why providers, social workers, and case managers should be advocating for hospice sooner than later.