Aim To synthesize available evidence about core competencies for nurses engaged in
palliative care. Design A scoping review conducted according to the framework from Joanna …

Background: Palliative care exists in diverse healthcare settings. Nurses play a crucial role
in its provision. Different levels of palliative care provision and education have been …

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 …

Competence can be seen as a prerequisite for high quality nursing in clinical settings. Few
research studies have focused on nurses' core competencies in clinical palliative care and …

AIM The purpose of this study was to develop a new primary palliative nursing care (PPNC)
competence model and assessment tool. BACKGROUND Consensus guidelines, a national …

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

Numerous competency statements have been developed for the purpose of guiding nurse
educators and clinicians. Rarely, though, are there evaluations of the use of these …

Aims and objectives To examine the content and reported psychometric properties of
instruments for assessing nurses' palliative care knowledge and skills in specialised …

Aim To develop and implement a region wide skills matrix for palliative care and district
nurses in rural Victoria in order to identify and address individual learning needs and …

Background In Spain, palliative care (PC) nursing is not a recognized specialization and PC
nurses do not receive systematic specialized academic training in PC. To ensure the quality …