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April Bigelow1, Deborah Price, Heidi Mason
1About the Authors April Bigelow, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, AGPCNP-BC, AHPN, is a clinical associate professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Deborah Price, DNP, RN, Heidi Mason, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, and Karen Harden, DNP, RN, AOCNS, are clinical assistant professors, University of Michigan School of Nursing. For more information, contact Dr. Bigelow at aballard@umich.edu .
Abstract:
The disruption of classroom and clinical education caused by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in student distress and worry regarding the future of their education. Faculty trained in palliative care adapted the SPIKES mnemonic and applied it to real-time interactions with students in an effort to decrease distress and enable continued learning. Palliative care concepts, approaches, and techniques can be used to successfully facilitate faculty-student interactions during times of crisis and rapidly changing educational environments.
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