The purpose of this study was to explore nurses' emotional challenges when caring for the
dying in hospices. The study has a qualitative design, and knowledge was developed …

Aims.(i) Explore the meaning of comfort care for hospice nurses.(ii) Provide an
understanding of how this work is pursued in the hospice setting.(iii) Examine the means by …

The literature has evaluated studies of hospice nurses and stress but very few studies have
focused on community hospice nurses. This study explored hospice at home nurses' …

Background Being with dying people is an integral part of nursing, yet many nurses feel
unprepared to accompany people through the process of dying, reporting a lack of skills in …

This study uses Australian data based on interviews with nurses and participant observation
in an in‐patient hospice and a community based hospice service to demonstrate how …

The nursing care of the dying patient in the home setting is considered highly stressful. As
the population ages, the hospice census is expected to increase and the need to attract and …

Purpose: To explore the lived experiences of nurses' feelings, emotions, grief reactions, and
coping mechanisms following their patients' death. Background: On a daily basis, nurses are …

Background A majority of people in Western Europe and the USA die in hospitals. Spiritual
and existential care is seen to be an integral component of holistic, compassionate and …

Background Nursing home and home care nursing staff must increasingly deal with
palliative care challenges, due to cost cutting in specialized health care. Research indicates …

Background: Despite the recent increase in attention to end-of-life hospice care, little
empirical evidence regarding the process of emotional or mental transformation in …