Nurses supporting nurses in palliative carePalliative care manual for nursesD BidgoodJ McFarlandJournal of Palliative Care
Nursing patients with life-threatening or incurable diseases requires a specific knowledge and skills base, the fundamentals of which can be applied by any nurse. This book aims to provide this knowledge and guide the nurse who has to care for the patient with palliative needs. The book aims ...
Palliative care practices are commonly used by nurses in the acute care setting. However, many report having limited training and substantial gaps in knowledge about hospice among this group of nurses, suggesting greater attention to palliative care and hospice may be warranted in nursing educational ...
Nina Englund
Discusses the roles of practice nurses in the palliative care of cancer patients in Great Britain. Details on the Macmillan Cancer Relief Gold Standards Framework (GSF) program; Significance of the GSF pr...
Pediatric palliative care in intensive care units entails challenging tasks for healthcare professionals, and distressing times for parents and families of children around the world. It is vital that care is of the highest quality and is focused on the needs of the child and family members. Guide...
BertBroeckaert, JorisGielen, Trudievan Iersel, StefVan den Branden. (2010) Euthanasia and Palliative Care in Belgium: The Attitudes of Flemish Palliative Care Nurses and Physicians Toward Euthanasia. AJOB Primary Research 1 , 31-44 /Broeckaert, B., Gielen, J., van Iersel, T., & Van den...
Examined sociodemographic background, nursing unit, amount of experience caring for dying patients, death anxiety, and attitudes toward working with dying patients among 56 nurses in palliative, surgical, and pediatric services. Work setting was found to be a more significant force in shaping attitudes...
Spirituality and spiritual caring: nurses' perspectives and practice in palliative and acute care environments Aims and objectives. Identify and compare spiritual caring practice by palliative care and acute care registered nurses (RNs), determine any correlation be... S Ronaldson,L Hayes,C Aggar,.....
Patients who receive early palliative care consults have clinical courses and outcomes more consistent with their goals. Nurses have been shown to be advocates for early palliative care involvement and are able to lead advanced care planning discussions.The purpose of this study was to assess whether...