Effective communication skills are required when nurses care for patients and their families
navigating life-limiting illness and the end of life. Educators have made great strides in …

Background Poor communication between health care professionals and dying patients and
their families results in complaints about end-of-life care. End-of-life communication skills …

There is a gap in the literature regarding prelicensure nursing students' knowledge/
communication regarding death and dying. A virtual telecommunication pilot simulation …

Background: Quality end-of-life care requires effective communication skills, yet medical and
nursing students report limited opportunities to develop these skills, and that they lack …

Many, especially newer, nurses lack the experience for nuanced skillful communication at
end of life. This study incorporated the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) …

Background: Communication skills are the key for quality end‐of‐life care including in the
critical care setting. While learning general, transferable communication skills, such as …

Abstract The End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) is a train-the-trainer
educational program that helps nursing faculty integrate care of the dying patient and the …

Background: Approximately 20% of deaths in the United States occur in the intensive care
unit (ICU). Physician trainees lack the practical communication skills required for end-of-life …

Losing a loved one in the intensive care unit relates to a risk of developing stress and
complicated grief. Education in intensive care nursing should cover end‐of‐life care, and the …

ObjectivesFinal conversations (FCs) go beyond how patients want to be cared for at the end
of life (EOL) and focus on messages of love, identity specific, and unique to an individual …