Dying patients and their families often have unique physical, psychosocial, social, and
spiritual needs that require special ized end-of-life (EOL) skills. EOL preparation of nurses …

• Background Providing appropriate end-of-life care has become a primary concern of
nurses and the public. The highly technological critical care environment may not facilitate …

BACKGROUND One hundred years ago most people died at home, cared for by their family
members. Today, medical technology allows people to live longer. Most people do not die …

Studies indicate that nurses spend more time with patients at the end of life than any other
health care discipline (KM Foley & H. Gelband, 2003). So it is imperative that nurses be …

Objective: It is imperative that nurses are proficient and comfortable providing care to
patients at the end of life. Recent studies show that nurses' knowledge of end-of-life care is …

BACKGROUND The history of death occupies a privileged place in history. 1 Attitudes
toward death have changed through history, and with the industrialization of society, death …

A group of year 3 undergraduate nursing students enrolled in an Oncology and Palliative
Care Course took part in a study designed to uncover if their subsequent learning had a …

End-of-Life Decision Making A tremendous amount of research has been done on end-of-
life decision making in the context of acute care. Most studies have been investigations of …

The need for improved nursing knowledge about end-of-life care is well documented;
however, efficient measures to evaluate knowledge attainment from end-of-life training …

The nursing outcomes of hospitalized patients whose plans of care include death anxiety,
which is a diagnosis among patients at the end-of-life, are obscure. The authors of the …