Aims: End-of-life care in ICU involves a wide range of staff from every discipline including
nurses, who have a lot of interaction time with patients. Most of the patients in the intensive …

Background: Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) may face terminal illness
situations, which may lead to death. In this case, the role of critical care nurses shifts from life …

Introduction: Critical care deaths represent most hospital deaths. The difficulties felt by
intensive care unit (ICU) nurses providing end-of-life care may cause nurses to experience …

Introduction: Critically ill patients and death are common in the intensive care unit. Evidence
indicates problems that affect the quality of end of life care. Non-beneficial or palliative care …

End of life care is a form of comprehensive care to help patients with life-threatening
conditions and their families, which can be implemented in the intensive care unit (ICU) …

Aim To identify qualitative studies that describe the barriers and facilitators nurses perceive
and experience when delivering end-of-life care in the Adult Intensive Care Unit. Design The …

End-of-life care should be considered a part of the nursing profession, specifically in
intensive care units [ICUs]. Although various definitions of end-of-life care have been …

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 …

The need of society toward end-of-life care is increasing, especially for the client being
cared in the ICU setting, where nursing role is critical in this context. Some studies have …

Background Nurses play a key role in providing care for the critically ill in the intensive care
unit (ICU). The physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual intimate care given by …