Foundations of Adult Nursing
Chapter 15: Palliative care for adults
Journal Article 15.1: Cavaye, J. and Watts, J.H. (2010) ‘End-of-life education in the pre-registration nursing curriculum: patient, carer, nurse and student perspectives’, Journal of Research in Nursing, 17(4): 317–326.
Description: Drawing on literature mainly from the UK and USA, this review explores from the perspectives of students, newly qualified nurses, patients and carers the outcomes of EOL education. It reviews the evidence to determine whether newly qualified nurses are adequately prepared to deliver quality care to patients at the end of their lives.
Description: A systematic literature review which identifies contextual factors influencing the uptake of Advance Care Planning in palliative care between 2008-2012.
Description: The aim of this article is to propose minimum characteristics that define a palliative care patient.
Description: The objectives of this study were to identify (1) convergences and divergences in the points of view of different stakeholders (patients, families, healthcare professionals) relative to key elements of the quality of palliative care and (2) avenues for refining existing indicators of quality of palliative care.
Recommended readings
Journal Article 15.5: Davies, N., Maio, L., Rait, G. and Iliffe, S. (2014) ‘Quality end-of-life care for dementia: what have family carers told us so far? A narrative synthesis’, Palliative Medicine, 28(7): 919-930.
Description: A paper which explores what quality end-of-life care for dementia is from the perspective of family carers.