Impact of a palliative care nursing educational program in a veterans administration medical center

Research in the USA into the effect of an educational programme for improving inpatient and outpatient nurses' understanding of palliative care and the role of nurses and to design a palliative care tool to identify patients who required palliative care. Current nursing knowledge was assessed b...

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Published in:	Journal of hospice and palliative nursing Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. 370 - 377
Main Authors:	FINNERTY, Marilyn-L, GREGORY, Christine-A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	01-11-2010
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Medical sciences Miscellaneous Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine United States > US Palliative care Care Nursing
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Summary:	Research in the USA into the effect of an educational programme for improving inpatient and outpatient nurses' understanding of palliative care and the role of nurses and to design a palliative care tool to identify patients who required palliative care. Current nursing knowledge was assessed before and after the intervention, which included a traditional in-service session and a website. [(BNI unique abstract)] 12 references
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23
ISSN:	1522-2179 1539-0705
DOI:	10.1097/NJH.0b013e3181f33295