The most commonly cited concerns by hospital employees when implementing a HELP program
were obtaining adequate staffing, funding, and volunteers.16
and
29 Patient adherence to the
program was also a common concern. Patients did not always adhere to all or any parts of the
HELP program.
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Reasons for patient nonadherence included a lack of volunteer or staff to
implement the interventions, patient refusal of the intervention, medical contraindication, and
patient unavailability (such as when the patient was off the floor for procedures).
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