International journal of palliative nursing最新文献

{"title":"Parents' perspective of caring for their children identified with oncological disorders: a qualitative study.","authors":"Ambreen Navroz Ali Salyani, Salma Rattani, Asif Khowaja, Sadaf Altaf, Shahzadi Resham, Parveen Badruddin, Zeeshan Aslam","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2025.0002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Childhood cancer has a profound effect on the emotional and psychological well-being of parents, yet often their own psychological health is overlooked These parents silently suffer from psychological distress while caring for their children and use their own coping strategies. However, these challenges become worse in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) because of a financial constraint, lack of psychosocial support and healthcare resources. Despite this, limited studies have been carried out in LMICs regarding parents' emotional and psychological perspectives.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate the psychological and emotional difficulties faced by parents of children with cancer in a LMIC, with a particular emphasis on problems like limited access to psychosocial support that are common in developing nations.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study was conducted using a descriptive exploratory design to address the research question. With the help of the purposive sampling technique, a total of 12 participants were recruited from a private tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. The data was collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews. Later, the findings were manually analysed using Creswell's criteria for content analysis.</p><p><strong>Finding(s): </strong>The findings revealed four major themes: (i) Parental reactions and feelings, (ii) Coping strategies and support systems, (iii) Challenges, and (iv) Parental perspective. Parents from LMICs frequently had to deal with additional obstacles, such as financial strain and a lack of psychological support.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study explored how parents from a LMIC feel when their child is diagnosed with cancer, where there is frequently lack of access to quality health care and emotional support. It is essential to understand their experiences and to provide them with the support they need in this difficult time. Psychological and emotional support for families affected by childhood cancer must be a top priority for policymakers and healthcare practitioners in LMICs.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 11","pages":"562-570"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145643922","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":"Money's too tight (to mention).","authors":"Dion Smyth","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2025.0110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 11","pages":"523-524"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145643980","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":"The role of nutrition in palliative care nursing: a scoping review.","authors":"Valentina Perria, Elisabetta Pizzileo, Rosalba Pizzolorusso, Giuseppina Pipitone, Federico Cortese","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0028","DOIUrl":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Nutrition in palliative care is vital for improving the quality of life for chronically ill people. In this context, nurses aid in bridging the gap between palliative care and nutrition by furthering their knowledge and competencies and, ultimately, providing quality care to patients.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aims to analyse nurses' attitudes and knowledge on nutrition in the palliative setting.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This scoping review was conducted by following Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology and PRISMA-ScR guidelines during the months of May-June 2024.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nurses can promote high-quality holistic care through ongoing education. Nutritional interventions, evaluation scales and tools and symptom management, can prevent malnutrition and reduce complications. Nurses and key members of the care team are responsible for assessing nutritional needs, managing symptoms and providing personalised interventions to enhance comfort and reduce distress.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In conclusion, a patient-centered approach with evidence-based nutritional interventions ensures dignified and compassionate care during this period of care.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 11","pages":"555-561"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145643892","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":"Enhancing placement capacity and increasing knowledge and confidence: a children's hospice e-learning placement.","authors":"Jayne Price, Andrea Cockett, Elizabeth Crighton, Dawn Baldock, Geraldine Sheedy","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2025.0006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Preparing nursing students to care for children with a life-limiting illness is challenging for two main reasons: misconceptions about the breadth of services provided by a children's hospice and limited placement capacity for such services.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This paper examines the development and value of a virtual children's hospice placement for children's nursing students and learning disability nursing students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 40 nursing students undertook a week's virtual placement in a children's hospice. The innovative virtual placement used a national evidence-based model-Peer Enhanced e-Placement (PEEP) within a UK children's hospice. It was evaluated through pre- and post-placement surveys.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Findings suggest that this e-placement, developed collaboratively between a children's hospice and a higher education institution enhanced student knowledge, skills and confidence.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>E placements, such as the one described here, can increase placement capacity alongside enhancing students' knowledge, skills and confidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 11","pages":"548-554"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145643839","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":"Newly diagnosed oncology patients' perceptions of 'hope to cure': a qualitative study.","authors":"Anahita Divani, Hooman Shahsavari","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2025.0038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In oncology, hope and cure are deeply linked. Hope helps patients endure treatment uncertainty, while cure remains the ultimate goal. Yet cancer diagnosis and treatment reshape how patients perceive this link as 'hope for cure'.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>This study explores how newly diagnosed oncology patients perceive 'hope for cure' during treatment phases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A descriptive qualitative research design was employed. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 13 participants, who were chosen through purposive sampling. The collected data were then examined using conventional content analysis.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Four main categories and were identified labeled as 'embracing independence', 'revolutionising mindset', 'support network' and 'nurturing self-belief'.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study explores how newly diagnosed cancer patients view 'hope for a cure' through independence, resilience, self-belief and support-showing hope as an active process built through daily experiences, not just medical outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 11","pages":"534-546"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145643894","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":"Feasibility and outcomes of point-of-care ultrasound training for registered nurses in palliative care.","authors":"Barbara Ballantyne, Danika Lavoie, Rebecca Chau, Matthew Bertrand, Chidubem Ekpereamaka Okechukwu, Mercy Kingsley-Emereuwa, Zoey Yao, Christine Pun","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2025.0031","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is increasingly used in palliative care for bedside assessment and symptom management. Despite their integral role in patient care registered nurses (RNs) rarely receive training or use PoCUS in practice.</p><p><strong>Aims: </strong>To evaluate the feasibility of training palliative care RNs to perform PoCUS exams and expand access to bedside imaging.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>RNs at a local residential hospice and outpatient clinic were trained in PoCUS for urinary retention, ascites and IV access through didactic and hands-on sessions. Data included scan logs, satisfaction surveys and RN feedback.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>RNs successfully performed PoCUS for bladder and ascites assessments, enabling timely interventions and reducing hospital visits. Patient and family satisfaction was high, and RNs reported increased confidence and interest in further training.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Training RNs in PoCUS is feasible and enhances palliative care delivery by supporting timely, appropriate interventions at the bedside.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 11","pages":"525-532"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145643943","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":"Knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students towards palliative care.","authors":"Kofi Gyasi Agyei, Ahmed-Rufai Yahaya, Cecilia Ackon Ansong, Josephine Sarfo, Bright Oteng, Gifty Boahe, Sally A Norton","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2025.0030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>While palliative care education has been integrated into the nursing curriculum in Ghana, there remains a scarcity of research that assesses the knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students toward palliative care and care of the dying.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study assessed the knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students regarding palliative care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study design was used, including a questionnaire-based survey. A total of 272 undergraduate nursing students were selected through convenience sampling.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Most respondents demonstrated poor PC knowledge. Most students exhibited positive attitudes towards palliative care. Factors significantly associated with PC knowledge included being an older student (p=.028) and female gender (p=.038). Positive attitudes towards PC were significantly influenced by experiencing the death of a patient during clinical placement (p=.036), female gender (p=.001), and academic level (fourth year; p=.032).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study revealed that the nursing students who participated had a positive attitude towards palliative care but poor knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 10","pages":"473-482"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145380557","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":"Barriers to peaceful end-of-life care for older patients with advanced chronic illnesses.","authors":"Lian Jun Zhao, Waraporn Kongsuwan, Tippamas Chinnawong","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2024.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.0002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Many older patients with advanced chronic illnesses have not experienced a peaceful end of life in China.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore the barriers to peaceful end-of-life care for older patients with advanced chronic illnesses from the perspectives of male nurses.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative study was used. Ten male nurses in Guiyang City who met the inclusion criteria participated in individual interviews via telephone with audio recording. The interview transcriptions were analysed by using the content analysis method. Trustworthiness was established by following Lincoln and Guba's criteria.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Barriers to peaceful end-of-life care include not prioritising end-of-life care; not respecting the patient's autonomy to die; not having a comfortable caring environment for dying; family caregivers' lack of knowledge and experience in end-of-life care; and traditional and cultural beliefs regarding death and painkillers.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings need to be given due consideration to improve the quality of peaceful end-of-life care for older patients with advanced chronic illnesses.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 10","pages":"508-514"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145380589","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":"A descriptive qualitative study exploring family dynamics in end-of-life care.","authors":"Antoinette Biney, Collins Atta Poku, Gladys Dzansi, David Atsu Deegbe, Lillian Akorfa Ohene, Jacob Owusu Sarfo, Fidelis Atibila, Gilbert Ti-Enkawol Nachinab, Emmanuel Anaba, Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2024.0043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2024.0043","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The extent of involvement of family caregivers in Ghana ranges from giving physical care and emotional support to making medical decisions and liaising with healthcare professionals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used a descriptive exploratory qualitative methodology grounded in ethnographic theory. Data were collected through observations and interviews with 20 unpaid informal caregivers following a purposeful sampling recruitment. Semi-structured in-depth interviews, lasting 45 to 80 minutes, were conducted at home and on hospital premises, focusing on caregivers' involvement and the support services they received. Data were transcribed, translated and analysed using thematic analysis principles.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study found that caregivers were predominately female. Male caregivers were typically brothers, spouses or sons. Two primary themes emerged: the extent of caregiver involvement and the reasons for family involvement. Caregivers, despite their central roles in decision-making and extensive physical and emotional support, faced communication challenges with healthcare teams. These challenges, coupled with their moral and family obligations, underscore the complexity of their role.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings highlight the critical role of family caregivers in the care of terminally ill patients and the diverse motivations behind their involvement. It is imperative that healthcare professionals, researchers and policymakers, recognise and support the vital contributions of family caregivers. This recognition and support are not only essential for improving palliative care outcomes, but also for ensuring the well-being of these caregivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 10","pages":"484-498"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145380582","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":"Compassionate leadership.","authors":"Lucy Coombes","doi":"10.12968/ijpn.2025.0098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2025.0098","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94055,"journal":{"name":"International journal of palliative nursing","volume":"31 10","pages":"471-472"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145380574","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}