Background: Nurses are the largest regulated group of healthcare professionals involved in
palliative care. In 2004, a taskforce of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) …

ObjectivePalliative care training at basic, intermediate, and specialist levels, recommended
by the World Health Organization (WHO), is challenging to access in resource-poor …

PURPOSE: More than 50 million people die each year around the world. Nurses are crucial
in providing care to these individuals and their families as they spend the most time at the …

Background In coming decades, the number of people affected by illnesses who need
palliative care will rise worldwide. Registered Nurses are in a central position in providing …

BACKGROUND: Palliative care is delivered in a number of settings, including nursing
homes, where staff often have limited training in palliative care. AIM: We explored the level …

Title. Global efforts to improve palliative care: the International End‐of‐Life Nursing
Education Consortium Training Programme Aim. This paper is a report of an evaluation …

Background: Nurses must possess adequate competencies to provide high-quality palliative
care. Earlier statements have described certain competencies that are relevant for palliative …

Aims: This study examines the palliative care knowledge and attitudes towards caring for the
dying patient of nurses working in care of older people settings in one rural region in Ireland …

Palliative and end of life care topics have traditionally not been in nursing school curricula.
Only in recent years have these been included. The aim of this research was to determine …

When the EAPC was formed in 1988 many European countries were still without Palliative
Care services and few medical schools taught Palliative Care. In those that did, the time …