Improving Nurse Knowledge and Confidence in End-of-Life Care Utilizing the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Curriculum: A Pilot Project (QI615)

Due to the sensitive nature of palliative care (PC), many nurses are overwhelmed by PC and underprepared to manage its intricacies. Because PC is a relatively new field, nurses who graduated in the past several decades likely did not receive any PC education. Despite recent inclusion of PC in undergraduate programs, coverage in textbooks is marginal. Faculty lack sufficient time and training to prepare nursing students to provide PC; this translates into nurses having insufficient preparation in PC.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research