Objective: to highlight the nurses understanding of Palliative Care, to identify the main
challenges encountered by nurses who care for patients outside the therapeutic possibility …

Aim This study aims to identify perceptions of nurses practicing in four adult inpatient units
regarding their actions to provide quality end of life care for dying patients, their definitions of …

Background Working in the intensive care unit can be traumatic for nursing personnel.
Critical care nurses are faced with repeated exposure to death and dying as they are …

In 1983, a small descriptive study looking at the distressing symptoms of 26 terminally ill
patients (dying from malignant as well as non-malignant disease) was carried out at two …

dwyer l.‐l., hansebo g., andershed b. & ternestedt b.‐m.(2010) Nursing home residents'
views on dying and death: nursing home employee's perspective. International Journal of …

Purpose The development of medical technologies in the last century has led to a
substantial extension of human life, especially in patients with chronic life-threatening …

Background: Nurses in critical care areas play a vital part in providing end-of-life care and
recognise that an ideal death should be peaceful, dignified, and comfortable. However …

Background Patient death is an emotional and demanding experience for nurses, especially
for new graduate nurses who are unprepared to deliver end-of-life care. Understanding new …

English Objective: The study's purpose has been to highlight the nurses' understanding
regarding the Palliative Care; to identify the main challenges faced by nurses who care for …

Abstract LOPERA BETANCUR, Martha Adiela. Nursing care of patients during the dying
process: a painful professional and human function. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2015, vol …