Table 4.
Comparison of Improvement in Individual and Total Comfort Scores between Control and Intervention Groups
| Item | z score | p value |
|---|---|---|
| “How comfortable do you feel assessing a patient’s pain level?” | −2.31 | .02* |
| “How comfortable do you feel dosing morphine for severe pain?” | −1.87 | .06 |
| “How comfortable do you feel treating nausea at the end-of-life?” | −1.92 | .06 |
| “How comfortable do you feel asking a patient about code status?” | −1.90 | .06 |
| “How comfortable do you feel treating agitation at the end-of-life?” | −0.86 | .39 |
| Overall | −2.57 | .01† |
*p < .05 indicating a significantly greater improvement in individual comfort scores in the intervention group compared with the control group.
†p < .05 indicating significantly greater improvement in total comfort scores in the intervention group compared with the control group.