(1) Background: Nurses can find people with advanced diseases or in their last days of life
during their professional careers and in many different care settings. For this reason, they …

Objective: To analyze the knowledge in palliative care and the attitudes toward caring for the
dying of nurses who carry out their professional activity in primary care in Spain. Design: A …

Objective: to determine the level of knowledge in palliative care of nursing staff at a Spanish
tertiary care hospital. Method: descriptive, cross-sectional study. Data were collected about …

Introduction and objective Patients admitted to the Critical Care Unit (CCU) have a high
mortality rate due to their complexity. Palliative care (PC) is a key aspect that can improve …

Along their professional career, nurses can find patients who require palliative care (PC). It
is necessary to have at least a basic education in this area, that should be acquired during …

The increase in life expectancy has led to a growth in the number of people in need of
palliative care. Health professionals must possess appropriate knowledge and skills. This …

Introduction: Nurses can have a prominent role in end-of-life care. They should however
have the appropriate knowledge and practice about Palliative Care (PC) in order to provide …

Background Palliative care is nowadays essential in nursing care, due to the increasing
number of patients who require attention in final stages of their life. Nurses need to acquire …

Background Spain currently lacks a competency framework for palliative care nursing.
Having such a framework would help to advance this field in academic, governmental, and …

Background Palliative care knowledge is essential in primary healthcare due to the
increasing number of patients who require attention in the final stage of their life. Health …