International journal of palliative nursing最新文献

{"title":"Palliative care education.","authors":"Laura Glenny","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2025.0088","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 9","pages":"419-420"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Basic knowledge and understanding of palliative care among nurses working in a group of tertiary care hospitals.","authors":"Megha Pruthi, Sushma Bhatnagar, Abhaya Indrayan, Gaurav Chanana, Indu Thakur","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2024.0063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.0063","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Continuous education and training is needed for nurses to overcome barriers of accessing palliative care in India.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An evaluation of baseline knowledge about the basics of palliative care was conducted using a validated questionnaire, Palliative Care Knowledge Questionnaire-Basic (PCKQ-B), as a pretest. A comprehensive 1 day Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) and workshop was conducted for nurses from hospitals across Delhi-NCR. The effectiveness was evaluated using a pre and posttest method with PCKQ-B. PCKQ-B is a 25-question test developed in India and rigorously validated for nurses working in tertiary care hospitals in India. Descriptive analysis was performed for demographics and to summarise the data and paired t-test to compare pre and post data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 102 nurses participated in the CNE and took pre and post tests. Nurses came from six tertiary care private hospitals across Delhi-NCR. A total of 79% of the participants were females with a mean age of 25.61 years. The mean score of the participants increased from 14.5 in the pre CNE to 18 in the post CNE which was statistically significant (p=0.000). Nurses scoring >60% (16 out of 25) questions correctly increased from 27% in pre-test to 70% in post-test. The question that was correctly answered by the minimum number of participants (13%) in pre-test was 'use of placebos is appropriate in some types of pain' highlighting the common myth and poor clinical practice, which only improved to 35% even in post test. While it was encouraging to find out that more than 88% participants were aware that the 'severity of pain determines the method of pain treatment' and 'prognosis should always be clearly communicated' even in pre-test while the percentage increased to 99% in post test.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Baseline knowledge about palliative care remains dismal, but engaging learning interventions like CNE and workshops can bring significant improvement to palliative care understanding of the nursing staff. However, this must be followed up with regular refresher classes and courses to build a strong framework with a learned workforce.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 9","pages":"439-445"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measuring new graduate nurses' attitudes toward death and caring for the dying and their undergraduate preparation.","authors":"Funda Özpulat, Melike Taşdelen Baş, Birsel Molu","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2023.0042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2023.0042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nurses and nursing students who have received theoretical and practical training are more likely to provide effective end-of-life care to dying patients and their family members.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This descriptive study investigated the effect of end-of-life care efficacy on new graduate nurses' attitudes toward death and the care of the dying.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was conducted between July 14, 2021 and May 15, 2022. The sample consisted of 245 nurses who graduated from a nursing school between 2015 and 2020. Participants were contacted through email or phone. Data were collected using a sociodemographic characteristics questionnaire, an end-of-life care characteristics questionnaire, the Death Attitude Profile-Revised and the Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying Scale. Numbers and percentages were used for descriptive data. The data were analysed using the Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskal-Wallis Test.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>More than half of the new graduate nurses believed that they knew enough about end-of-life care (59.3%). New graduate nurses who had not taken a course on end-of-life care before had a higher fear of death than those who had. New graduate nurses noted that nursing educators had not supported or guided them adequately in their student years.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Further research is warranted to better understand new graduate nurses' attitudes toward death and the care of the dying. Universities should integrate end-of-life care into curricula. Nursing educators should better support and guide their students.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 9","pages":"428-438"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Family members' experiences in palliative care.","authors":"Pardis Momeni, Mats Ewertzon, Elisabeth Winnberg, Kristofer Årestedt, Anette Alvariza","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2024.0074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.0074","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Trusting relationships between family members and healthcare professionals are essential in palliative care.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>The aim was to investigate family members' experiences of healthcare professionals' approach toward them in a specialised palliative home care context.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from family members of patients in palliative home care were used. This cross-sectional survey study is part of a larger research project focusing on family members' experiences of their encounters with healthcare professionals in different care contexts in Sweden. Descriptive statistics were used to present the characteristics of the sample and study variables. Deductive and inductive analysis of the open-ended questions were performed.</p><p><strong>Findings and conclusion: </strong>The results show that family members had an overall positive experience regarding the approach of healthcare professionals. They reported being met with openness, confirmation and co-operation. Overall, the results contribute important knowledge for clinical care, as well as healthcare education.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 9","pages":"446-455"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Palliative care competencies of nurses in primary care.","authors":"Pauli J Lamppu, Pirita Forsius, Teija Hammar, Juho T Lehto, Minna Hökkä","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2024.0067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.0067","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Competency in palliative care is necessary to support the adequate quality of care of patients.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To describe the self-evaluated level of competence of clinical nursing staff and supervisors' evaluations of staff competence in non-specialist palliative care settings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A web-based questionnaire provided a cross-sectional nationwide sample of answers.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>A total of 587 answers were analysed. Clinical nurses rated their competence lowest in the themes of communication and advance care planning (ACP). ACP was among the lowest scoring themes for supervisors' evaluations of staff competence. Similarly, the highest scoring themes for both groups included the theme evaluating symptom care and assessment. In this theme, competencies related to psychological and existential suffering scored lowest.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study provides an overview of nurses' PC competencies and highlighted some of the weaknesses they recognise. These shortcomings include evaluating and treating psychological and existential suffering, legal aspects of decision making and competencies related to ACP.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 9","pages":"421-427"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Supporting women receiving palliative chemotherapy for breast cancer.","authors":"Sulleh Gbande, Johanna Elizabeth Maree, Oluchukwu Loveth Obiora","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2024.0052","DOIUrl":"10.12968/ijpn.2024.0052","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Women receiving palliative chemotherapy for breast cancer have various support needs.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To identify and describe the nurse-led interventions implemented to support women receiving palliative chemotherapy for breast cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The five-stage framework by Arksey and O'Malley guided the review. The following databases were searched: PubMed, CINAHL complete, ProQuest and SCOPUS for articles published from 2012 to 2021. Retrieved data were analysed using descriptive statistics and thematic analyses.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>A total of 110 articles were identified but only six were included. Nurse-led interventions were reported from five countries and they were: Japan, USA, Australia, China, South Korea and Australia.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Interventions to support women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer were reported from five countries, with none from Africa. A study on the interventions to support women receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer in Africa is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 9","pages":"456-463"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Research Roundup.","authors":"Laura Green","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2025.0089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Synopses of a selection of recently published research articles of relevance to palliative care.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 9","pages":"464-466"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quality of life assessment for patients with cancer in Bangladesh.","authors":"Sabitry Rani Edbar, Md Monir Hossain Shimul, Ittila Ghani Ava, Safayet Jamil, Salamat Khandker","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2024.0047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.0047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cancer is a global health concern with significant implications for a patient's wellbeing. Maintaining a good quality of life (QOL) is a substantial challenge for patients with cancer. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life and psychological problems of patients with cancer at the National Institute of Cancer Research and Hospital in Bangladesh.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was carried out from December 2021 to February 2022. A total of 354 patients with cancer were interviewed via the following convenience sampling technique. Data were collected via a face-to-face interview via the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 Items for assessment of quality of life. Data analysis was conducted with SPSS version 23.0.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No respondent reported experiencing complete physical wellbeing, with only 9.88% experiencing full general wellbeing. Likewise, just 27.1% reported above-average psychological wellbeing, only 7.1% achieving complete mental health. Depression, sadness, fears of recurrence, rejection and functional disability were pervasive, significantly affecting social activities. Economic self-sufficiency and overall social wellbeing were universally compromised. Despite these adversities, most patients received strong support from both family and doctors, who provided essential information and a supportive environment for sharing their concerns.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with cancer endure pronounced physical, psychological and financial hardships that co-occur and erode overall quality of life. These results call for integrated palliative care strategies including symptom management, mental health support and economic assistance to effectively alleviate the multifaceted burdens they face.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 8","pages":"404-414"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144984010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Care after death: Bereaved family experiences of a nurse-led supported viewing service.","authors":"Wendy Walker, Jennifer Jones, Stacey Owen, Peter Kevern, Nikolaos Efstathiou","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2024.0076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.0076","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Viewing the deceased person is an integral part of hospital-based bereavement care and support. To date, research to guide this practice is scarce.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To describe and interpret the bereaved family lived experience of an in-hospital supported viewing service situated in an acute hospital facility in the UK. A specific objective was to uncover and examine personal reflections on the choices and care provided.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative exploratory design involving telephone interviews with ten family members, bereaved of an adult relative. Data were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three group experiential themes and seven subthemes were developed from the data. Thematic findings provide insights into the context of viewing and family care, informed choice and the reasons behind a decision to view, personal preferences, observations and reactions to viewing, the intimacy of the viewing experience and the hallmarks of quality care.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The acute hospital, as a core provider of end-of-life care requires a workforce who are skilled to provide practical and relational care after death. The quality of care in preparing and presenting the deceased person for viewing, the ambience of the viewing facility and a compassionate, person-centred approach appeared central to a positive viewing experience. Consideration should be given to the supportive role of a specialist bereavement nurse and interprofessional team contributions to viewing practices and care.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 8","pages":"392-402"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144983954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sexuality and intimacy in the context of palliative and end-of-life care: a scoping review.","authors":"Michelle Traverse, Susan D Mueller, Susan DeSanto-Madeya, Melissa A Sutherland","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2024.0058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.0058","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This scoping review identifies what is known about patient/partner sexuality and intimacy needs during end-of-life care and how healthcare professionals' (HCPs) approach these needs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Following PRISMA-ScR, articles available in English published between 2010-2024 were screened.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 18 articles were included in the review. Four themes were identified: 1) negative impact of serious illness on sexuality and intimacy, 2) barriers and facilitators to addressing sexuality, 3) tension between expansive and genital-focused approaches to sexuality and intimacy, and 4) a disconnect between patient/partner needs and HCP preparation.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Patient/partner sexuality and intimacy needs were consistent across cultural context and over time. HCPs require clear and comprehensive training to improve their ability to address sexuality and intimacy during end-of-life care. Taking an expansive view of sexuality and intimacy during this time may facilitate HCP interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 8","pages":"380-391"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144984000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}