Learning needs and perceived barriers and facilitators to end-of-life care: a survey of front-line nurses on acute medical wards.

Julie C ReidNeala HoadKathleen WillisonRajendar HanmiahDaniel Brandt VegasMino MitriAnne BoyleAmanda WeatherstonSusan LohinDeborah McInnesJill C RudkowskiMichelle JoynerDeborah J Cook

Published in: BMJ open quality (2023)

Front-line nurses reported an interest in learning more about end-of-life care and identified important barriers that are feasible to address. These results will inform specific knowledge translation strategies to build capacity among bedside nurses to enhance end-of-life care practices for dying patients on GIM wards.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
end stage renal disease
primary care
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
liver failure
depressive symptoms
intensive care unit