Confidence in carrying out palliative care among intensive care nurses

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunjeong Ko ◽  
Samantha Lowie ◽  
Ping Ni
2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sedigheh Iranmanesh ◽  
Farideh Razban ◽  
Batool Tirgari ◽  
Ghazanfari Zahra

AbstractObjective:Palliative care requires nurses to be knowledgeable about different aspects of the care that they provide for dying patients. This study, therefore, was conducted to examine oncology and intensive care nurses' knowledge about palliative care in Southeast Iran.Method:Using the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (PCQN), 140 oncology and intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' knowledge about palliative care in three hospitals supervised by Kerman University of Medical Sciences was assessed.Results:In PCQN, the mean score was 7.59 (SD: 2.28). The most correct answers were in the category of management of pain and other symptoms (46.07%). The lowest correct answers were in the category of psychosocial and spiritual care (19.3%).Significance of results:These findings suggest that nurses' knowledge about palliative care can be improved by establishing specific palliative care units to focus on end-of-life care. This establishment requires incorporation of an end-of-life nursing education curriculum into undergraduate nursing studies.


2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. S569-S570
Author(s):  
V. Pacsai ◽  
B. Szabó ◽  
E. Kalamár-Birinyi ◽  
L. Horváth ◽  
I. Boncz ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Massey ◽  
Marilyn JD Barnes ◽  
Dana Villines ◽  
Julie D Goldstein ◽  
Anna Lee Hisey Pierson ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mansooreh Azzizadeh Forouzi ◽  
Marjan Banazadeh ◽  
Jila Soltan Ahmadi ◽  
Farideh Razban

Objective: Neonatal nurses face numerous barriers in providing end-of-life (EOL) care for neonates and their families. Addressing neonatal nurses’ attitudes could provide insight into barriers that impede neonatal palliative care (NPC). This study thus conducted to examine neonatal nurses’ attitude toward barriers in providing NPC in Southeast Iran. Method: In this cross-sectional study, a translated modified version of Neonatal Palliative Care Attitude Scale was used to examine attitudes of 70 nurses toward barriers of palliative care in 3 neonatal intensive care units in Southeast Iran. Results: Findings indicated that overall 42.63% of nurses were strongly agreed or agreed with the proposed barriers in NPC. Among all categories, the highest and the lowest scores belonged to the categories of “insufficient resources” (3.42 ± 0.65) and “inappropriate personal and social attitudes” (2.33 ± 0.48), respectively. Neonatal nurses who had less education and study regarding NPC reported the presence of more barriers to NPC in the categories of “inappropriate organizational culture” and/or “inadequate nursing proficiency.” Also, younger nurses had more positive attitudes toward the category of inappropriate organizational culture as being a barrier to provision of NPC (4.62). Conclusion: The findings suggest that developing a context-based instrument is required to represent the barrier more precisely. Neonatal palliative care can be improved by establishing a special environment to focus on infants’ EOL care. This establishment requires standard palliative care guidelines and adequate NPC-trained nurses.


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