The Discomfort with Comfort Care Delivery in the Acute Hospital Setting: Is End-of-Life Care Education for Hospital Nurses Necessary? (QI625)

Death and dying is a complex medical process that affects not just the individual and their loved ones, but the health care providers and the medical system as well. Although the majority of Americans and those with serious illness prefer to die at home, most die in an institutional setting. Hospital nurses, with little experience with end-of-life (EOL) care, then become directly accountable for providing hands-on care and for advocating for appropriate end-of-life care. Thus, familiarity with basic comfort measures is an essential skill for all healthcare providers who are caring for patients whose death is imminent.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research