Approximately 90% of the UK population spend some time in hospital in their final year of
life, and more than half of the population die in hospital. This review aims to explore the …

Aims and objectives To understand the perceptions of critical care nurses towards providing
end‐of‐life care. Background There has been an increasing interest in end‐of‐life care in …

Objective: Caring for terminally ill patients is complex, stressful, and at times distressing for
nurses. Acute care hospitals continue to be the predominant place of death for terminally ill …

Aim: this literature review aimed to explore qualitative studies in which nurses discussed the
challenges they face when delivering end-of-life care in intensive care units (ICUs). Analysis …

Aim To examine the factors associated with nurses' perceptions of the quality of end‐of‐life
care. Background With increasing demand for hospitals to provide end‐of‐life care, the low …

bloomer mj, moss c & cross wm (2011) Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness
3, 165–173 End‐of‐life care in acute hospitals: an integrative literature review Aim. To …

Aim. This paper reports the findings of a study that generated a conceptual model of the
nursing behaviours and social processes inherent in the provision of quality end‐of‐life care …

Objectives To describe, critically appraise and synthesise research regarding nurses'
perceptions of their knowledge, skills or experiences in providing end-of-life care to …

Background: Palliative care has emerged as a specialist discipline in the past 25 years.
However in relation to acute hospitals, a sense exists that patients who are receiving end of …

Background: Current evidence suggests that hospital nurses' end-of-life care is complex due
to the conflicting tasks of treatment-focused care and palliation. This is a topic that needs …