Lucia D Wocial
Biographic Data
| ID | 8306283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucia D Wocial |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucia D |
| FAMILY NAME | Wocial |
| SIGNATURE | WOCIAL L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ethics and Public Policy Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4701-0794 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Nurse Leaders’ Perceptions of the Use of the Comfort Communication Training Intervention in Adult ICU Settings
Effective nurse-to-family communication is critical in intensive care units (ICUs), where high acuity and emotional complexity demand rapid trust-building and clear information exchange. This qualitative study explored ICU nurse leaders' perceptions of the COMFORT communication intervention, a structured, theory-driven model designed to enhance relationship-centered communication with families. Seventeen nurse leaders from a statewide health syst…
How Should Focus Be Shifted From Individual Preference to Collective Wisdom for Patients at the End of Life With Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections
Despite growth in numbers of organizational antimicrobial stewardship programs, antimicrobial resistance continues to escalate. Interprofessional education and collaboration are needed to make these programs appropriately responsive to the ethically and clinically complex needs of patients at the end of life whose care plans still require antimicrobial management
Not Just for Nurses
While not perfect , Clinical Ethics Handbook for Nurses: Emphasizing Context, Communication and Collaboration, edited by Pamela Grace and Aimee Milliken (Springer, 2022), provides an excellent clinical ethics overview for any nurse, nursing student or faculty member, or anyone in clinical practice. The editors have successfully assembled a book that will help point‐of‐care nurses develop their skills in ethical decision‐making and assist nurse ed…
Mitigating ethical conflict and moral distress in the care of patients on Ecmo
AIMS: This study evaluates a protocol for early, routine ethics consultation (EC) for patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to support decision-making in the context of clinical uncertainty with the aim of mitigating ethical conflict and moral distress. METHODS: We conducted a single-site qualitative analysis of EC documentation for all patients receiving ECMO support from 15 August 2018 to 15 May 2019 (n=68). Detailed analysis o…
Institutional Ethics Resources
Since 1992, institutions accredited by The Joint Commission have been required to have a process in place that allows staff members, patients, and families to address ethical issues or issues prone to conflict. While the commission's expectations clearly have made ethics committees more common, simply having a committee in no way demonstrates its effectiveness in terms of the availability of the service to key constituents, the quality of the pro…
Neonatal Care for Premature Infants
Mark Miller, Brian S. Carter, Gerald. B. Merenstein, Helen Harrison, Amnon Goldworth, William A. Silverman, Nancy Akeson, Lucia D. Wocial, John A. Robertson, Neonatal Care for Premature Infants, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan. - Feb., 2005), pp. 4-7
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Nurses Matter
Neonatal Care for Premature Infants
Mark Miller, Brian S. Carter, Gerald. B. Merenstein, Helen Harrison, Amnon Goldworth, William A. Silverman, Nancy Akeson, Lucia D. Wocial, John A. Robertson, Neonatal Care for Premature Infants, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan. - Feb., 2005), pp. 4-7
Institutional Ethics Resources
Since 1992, institutions accredited by The Joint Commission have been required to have a process in place that allows staff members, patients, and families to address ethical issues or issues prone to conflict. While the commission's expectations clearly have made ethics committees more common, simply having a committee in no way demonstrates its effectiveness in terms of the availability of the service to key constituents, the quality of the pro…
Mitigating ethical conflict and moral distress in the care of patients on Ecmo
AIMS: This study evaluates a protocol for early, routine ethics consultation (EC) for patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) to support decision-making in the context of clinical uncertainty with the aim of mitigating ethical conflict and moral distress. METHODS: We conducted a single-site qualitative analysis of EC documentation for all patients receiving ECMO support from 15 August 2018 to 15 May 2019 (n=68). Detailed analysis o…
Not Just for Nurses
While not perfect , Clinical Ethics Handbook for Nurses: Emphasizing Context, Communication and Collaboration, edited by Pamela Grace and Aimee Milliken (Springer, 2022), provides an excellent clinical ethics overview for any nurse, nursing student or faculty member, or anyone in clinical practice. The editors have successfully assembled a book that will help point‐of‐care nurses develop their skills in ethical decision‐making and assist nurse ed…
How Should Focus Be Shifted From Individual Preference to Collective Wisdom for Patients at the End of Life With Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections
Despite growth in numbers of organizational antimicrobial stewardship programs, antimicrobial resistance continues to escalate. Interprofessional education and collaboration are needed to make these programs appropriately responsive to the ethically and clinically complex needs of patients at the end of life whose care plans still require antimicrobial management
Nurse Leaders’ Perceptions of the Use of the Comfort Communication Training Intervention in Adult ICU Settings
Effective nurse-to-family communication is critical in intensive care units (ICUs), where high acuity and emotional complexity demand rapid trust-building and clear information exchange. This qualitative study explored ICU nurse leaders' perceptions of the COMFORT communication intervention, a structured, theory-driven model designed to enhance relationship-centered communication with families. Seventeen nurse leaders from a statewide health syst…
Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Ethics in medical practice (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues (3 works) · Engineering ethics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)