Background Having nurses take on tasks that are typically conducted by doctors (doctor‐
nurse substitution, a form of'task‐shifting') may help to address doctor shortages and reduce …

Background This scoping review aimed to investigate the presence of discordance or
concordance in the perceptions of end-of-life (EOL) care quality between consumers (ie …

Objective: When registered nurses care for patients at the end of life, they are often
confronted with different issues related to suffering, dying, and death whether working in …

Due to the interplay of multiple complex and interrelated factors, long-term care (LTC) home
residents are increasingly vulnerable to sustaining poor outcomes in crisis situations such …

Background Nurses are the main caregivers of dying patients. Facing or dealing with death-
related events is inevitable. Death-coping self-efficacy (DCS) is very important, as it can …

Objectives Specialist palliative care is not a standardised component of service delivery in
nursing home care in Australia. Specialist palliative care services can increase rates of …

Aim To describe staff's reflections on aspects influencing pain assessment at end‐of‐life
(EoL) care in nursing homes before and after the implementation of the Abbey Pain Scale …

The qualitative findings of those studies are consistent with the findings of evaluations of NP
palliative practice. A prospective examination of one NP's role in PC within a hospital and a …

Background: Nursing home care is undergoing significant changes. This requires innovative
teams operating in an effective workplace culture characterized by person-centeredness …

Palliative care is given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life-
threatening disease. The role of the advanced practice nurse (APN) has significant value in …