With the rapidly growing number of patients facing serious, life-limiting illnesses, there is an
increasing demand for palliative care. This manuscript focuses on the development and …

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 …

The second in this three-part series on palliative care outlines the skills nurses need to
deliver effective care. Part 1 examined definitions of palliative care nursing, its core aims and …

BACKGROUND: The majority of society's deaths occur in a health care environment.
Regardless of whether a death occurs in acute care, hospice, residential aged care or …

Terminally ill patients frequently visit emergency departments for palliative care. However,
studies have documented that staff do not have the knowledge base necessary to provide …

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 …

Prelicensure Nursing Students' Attitudes and Perceptions of... : Nurse Educator
Prelicensure Nursing Students' Attitudes and Perceptions of End-of-Life Care : Nurse …

How to Obtain Contact Hours by Reading this Article Instructions 2.1 contact hours will be
awarded for this activity. A contact hour is 60 minutes of instruction. This is a Learner-Paced …

The integration of palliative care in critical care settings is essential to improve care of the
dying, and critical care nurses are leaders in these efforts. However, lack of education in …

Purpose: The purpose of the Primary Palliative Care Pilot Project was to determine if
patients with a life‐limiting illness who receive their primary care and palliative care from a …