Compassionate, competent, and holistic care is at the core of palliative care nursing.
Knowledge of primary palliative care concepts is a fundamental expectation of graduating …

Background: Nurses play pivotal roles on palliative care teams and are able to spend more
time with patients and their families than are other healthcare professionals. As a …

Title. Improving district nurses' confidence and knowledge in the principles and practice of
palliative care. Aim. This paper is a report of part of an evaluation of the impact of a national …

The aims of this study were to assess the palliative care knowledge among nurses in Saudi
Arabia and to identify the demographic factors influencing such knowledge. A convenience …

Competency development among acute and critical care nurses has focused primarily on
the provision of life-sustaining care and less on the care of patients who fail to respond to life …

Background People often prefer to stay at home until the end of life, but hospital admissions
are quite common. In previous research bereaved relatives were found to be less positive …

Australia has a growing number of specialist palliative care services. As they expanded in
the Australian Capital Territory, a working party was established to discuss issues …

The case for palliative care training for generic nurses is supported in this article, and the
results of an evaluation of a generic palliative nursing course are explored. Evaluation of the …

Context Central to appropriate palliative care management in hospital settings is ensuring
an adequately trained workforce. In order to achieve optimum palliative care delivery, it is …

Title. Assessing palliative care needs: views of patients, informal carers and healthcare
professionals Aim. This paper reports a study to assess the palliative care needs of the adult …