Aims. To identify and describe palliative patients' perception of factors within the interaction
with the community palliative care nurse that enhance feelings of health and well‐being, and …

Aims and objectives To explore how nurses, across various health systems, describe their
role in providing palliative care for patients with life‐threatening illnesses. Background …

This study aims to explore the lived experience of nurses who provide comfort to palliative
care patients in an acute setting in a small urban hospital in the west of Ireland. A qualitative …

The aim of this study was twofold: to illuminate registered nurses' experiences of palliative
care and of caring for patients transitioning from curative to palliative care in hospitals. A …

Aim: To describe the qualitatively different ways a group of Australian nurses, understood
their experience of being a palliative care nurse. Design: The research approach chosen …

Aims and objectives The purpose of the study was to examine nurses' and nursing
assistants' perspectives of a palliative approach in a variety of nursing care settings that do …

Background: In many countries, approximately half of the population dies in hospital, making
general palliative nursing care (GPNC) a core nursing task. GPNC in the hospital setting is …

The original philosophy of palliative care emphasizes the importance of the integration of
compassion and medical science. The meaning palliative care nurses assign to their …

BACKGROUND: Relatively little is known about patients' perceptions of the work and role of
the specialist palliative care nurse. Understanding the patients' perspective can help to …

Aim To ascertain registered nurses' and GPs' perceptions of and influences on the nurse's
role in providing palliative care in community hospitals. Design Qualitative …