Effectiveness of an End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Training on Registered Nurses' Educational Needs in Providing Palliative and End-of-Life Patient Care. Issue 1 (February 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Manning, Jennifer; Creel, Amanda; Jones, Nicole
• Is Part Of: Journal of hospice and palliative nursing. Volume 23:Issue 1(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-02
• Subjects: End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium -- end-of-life patient care -- palliative care -- professional development -- registered nurses; Hospice care -- Periodicals; Palliative treatment -- Periodicals; Terminal care -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Research -- United States -- Periodicals; Hospice nurses -- Training of -- United States -- Periodicals; 616.029
• DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000710
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1522-2179

Abstract

Abstract : Registered nurses play a critical role in delivering effective palliative and end-of-life patient care. Previous literature has cited that registered nurses report a lack of adequate palliative care training in academic and continuing education programs. Providing care to patients at the end of life requires knowledge in a variety of areas such as nonpharmacologic symptom management, cultural considerations, and pain management. This study aimed to investigate the impact of a professional development intervention among registered nurses on their educational needs in providing palliative care. Using a 1-group pretest-posttest design, a convenience sample of registered nurses completed an electronic survey containing demographic questions and the End-of-Life Professional Caregiver Survey. The professional development intervention consisted of an 8-hour training conducted by a content expert on palliative patient care addressing the competencies developed by the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium. The results revealed a significant increase in participant knowledge in providing quality palliative care to patients ( P < .001). Education programs on quality palliative and end-of-life patient care can effectively improve the care delivered to this patient population.