Embedding a Palliative Approach in Nursing Care Delivery: An Integrated Knowledge Synthesis. (July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sawatzky, Richard; Porterfield, Pat; Roberts, Della; Lee, Joyce; Liang, Leah; Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl; Pesut, Barb; Schalkwyk, Tilly; Stajduhar, Kelli; Tayler, Carolyn; Baumbusch, Jennifer; Thorne, Sally
• Is Part Of: Advances in nursing science. Volume 40:Number 3(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-07
• Subjects: end-of-life care -- health services research -- hospice and palliative care nursing -- knowledge synthesis -- nursing services -- palliative approach -- person-centered care -- practice patterns -- nurses; Nursing -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Psychiatric nursing -- Periodicals; 362.173
• DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000163
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0161-9268

Abstract

Abstract : A palliative approach involves adapting and integrating principles and values from palliative care into the care of persons who have life-limiting conditions throughout their illness trajectories. The aim of this research was to determine what approaches to nursing care delivery support the integration of a palliative approach in hospital, residential, and home care settings. The findings substantiate the importance of embedding the values and tenets of a palliative approach into nursing care delivery, the roles that nurses have in working with interdisciplinary teams to integrate a palliative approach, and the need for practice supports to facilitate that embedding and integration.