#59 Advance Care Planning from Student Nurse to PhD Student

Stephanie Craig is a Registered Nurse and a PhD Student at Queen’s University Belfast. Since qualifying Steph has worked on a number of projects including the implementation of an Advance Care Planning educational tool for undergraduate nursing students.

I connected with Steph on Twitter and was keen to learn what was covered in Steph’s education about Advance Care Planning as a student nurse and how this translated into practice.

We talk about the fabulous project work that Steph has been involved with since qualifying and the difference this is making for nurses of tomorrow – building their confidence to learn, do and share Advance Care Planning skills.

Key messages from guest

• Steph graduated in 2021; as a student nurse Steph had an introduction to palliative care and awareness of palliative care for non malignant disease.

• Advance Care Planning was something Steph was made aware of throughout training.

• The importance of finding a balance between living well and planning for end of life can be a challenge to find. 

• We reflect on the lack of education about Lasting Power of Attorney delivered during or post training.

• Steph talks about how communication skills are consolidated once qualified and that role play in training helped.

• Advance Care Planning was not specifically focused on in role play for  communication skills.

• Steph describes her work in a Care Home and the development of an Advance Care Planning resource developed during COVID-19.

• Steph reflects on how the “doing” gap for Advance Care Planning has been addressed for student nurses.

  
  

Resource specific to this podcast

• Find out more about Steph’s Advance Care Planning work: Advance care planning in the context of COVID-19

Bio

Miss Stephanie Craig is a Registered Nurse and PhD Student at Queen’s University Belfast. Steph has a variety of clinical experience from the acute hospital sector and community care home sector. Steph’s research focuses on Dementia Friendly Communities in Northern Ireland, but she has been involved in many other projects. Including working with researchers in implementing an ACP educational tool for undergraduate nursing students. In her part time role of teaching assistant within her university she has the pleasure of teaching undergraduate nursing students and post graduate registered nurses.

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