Teaching end of life to nursing students The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the significant role nurses play in caring for people at the end of their life, but many nursing students feel underprepared and anxious when... Read more... 23/02/2023 | Blog | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: Education and training | Nurse Views: 1500
Supporting nurses to care for our dying Despite over half of all deaths in Australia occurring in hospitals, nurses aren’t equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to care for someone who is dying.... Read more... 21/02/2023 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: End-of-Life Care | Nurse Views: 1546
An integrated respiratory and palliative care service for patients with advanced lung... Patients with advanced lung disease have a higher symptom burden, and poorer quality of life, than those with advanced lung cancer. Dr. Julie McDonald discusses a new service... Read more... 17/02/2023 | Blog | Evidence | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Acute care | Specialist Palliative Care Views: 1380
When will the palliative care evidence be translated into care? Early integration of palliative care for people with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer not only improved quality of life and psychological symptoms but also was associated... Read more... 14/02/2023 | Blog | Evidence Tags: Evidence-based palliative care Views: 1555