Aims and objectives To explore how nurses, across various health systems, describe their
role in providing palliative care for patients with life‐threatening illnesses. Background …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review is to construct a detailed account of the role of the
district nurse (generalist registered nurse providing nursing care in primarily home settings) …

Background Norway has one of the lowest home death rates in Europe. However, it is the
health authorities´ ambition to increase this by facilitating palliative care at home. The aim of …

The trend shows that more people are choosing to die at home. Since at home palliative
care is often provided by district nurses, their work will be affected, and the burden will …

Title. Inconsistent use of the critical incident technique in nursing research. Aim. This paper
is a critique of the use of critical incident technique in nursing and a demonstration of how its …

Background High quality end-of-life care in the community is achieved with effective
multidisciplinary teamwork, interprofessional communication between GPs and district …

BACKGROUND: Community nurses (members of UK District Nursing teams) have a key role
in the provision of palliative care in the community in the UK. However, their views about …

Purpose To pilot an evidence-based communication skills model (SAGE & THYME) with UK
District Nurses (DNs) who visit patients with advanced cancer early in the dying trajectory …

Title. Improving district nurses' confidence and knowledge in the principles and practice of
palliative care. Aim. This paper is a report of part of an evaluation of the impact of a national …

At a time when the need for in-home palliative care is on the rise, the aim of this interpretive
phenomenological study was to understand the experiences of homecare nurses providing …