Introduction Providing bereavement support and care to families is an aspect of critical care
nursing practice that can be rewarding, yet emotionally and psychologically challenging …

Background The critical care context presents important opportunities for nurses to deliver
skilled, comprehensive care to patients at the end of life and their families. Limited research …

Aims and objectives To understand the perceptions of critical care nurses towards providing
end‐of‐life care. Background There has been an increasing interest in end‐of‐life care in …

Aims and objectives To review literature on nurses' coping strategies with patient death.
Background Dealing with the loss of a patient was viewed as one of the most demanding …

BACKGROUND: End-of-life care is a significant component of work in intensive care. Limited
research has been undertaken on the provision of end-of-life care by nurses in the intensive …

Background: End-of-life care is high on policy and political agendas in the UK and
internationally. Nurses are at the forefront of this, caring for dying patients,'managing'the …

With death a frequent event in intensive care units how, people die and the impact on family
and staffs is becoming increasingly recognised as an issue requiring significant attention …

Background: Current evidence suggests that hospital nurses' end-of-life care is complex due
to the conflicting tasks of treatment-focused care and palliation. This is a topic that needs …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive exploration of nurses'
meaningful experiences of providing end-of-life care to patients and families in the intensive …

Purpose To explore intensive care nurses' experiences of end-of-life care in adult intensive
care units. Design and methods An exploratory, descriptive qualitative approach was …