Journal article
Registered nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about end-of-life care in non-specialist palliative care settings: A mixed studies review
Nurse education in practice, Vol.59, 103294
02/2022
PMID: 35078071
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Abstract
Aim
The aim of this study was to describe, evaluate and synthesise the literature on registered nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards end-of-life care in adult non-specialist palliative care settings.
Background
Little is known about the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of Registered Nurses working in non-specialist palliative care settings about end-of-life care.
Design
A mixed-methods systematic review and narrative synthesis was conducted (PROSPERO Registration No: CRD4202148114). Five databases (Medline, CINAHL, PubMed, PsycINFO and Web of Science) were searched from inception to August 2020. Study quality was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool.
Results
Nineteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Registered nurses in non-specialist palliative care settings demonstrated good knowledge of pain symptoms and management and positive attitudes towards caring for dying patients and their families. Knowledge deficits were identified in the psychosocial and spiritual aspects of end-of-life care and registered nurses reported negative attitudes towards communication about death. Only five of the included studies explored registered nurses’ beliefs towards end-of-life care.
Conclusions
There is a need to enhance palliative care education in clinical practice settings and in undergraduate programs to improve registered nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about end-of-life care. Future studies that use reliable and validated methods to measure registered nurses’ beliefs about end-of-life care should be conducted.
Details
- Title
- Registered nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about end-of-life care in non-specialist palliative care settings: A mixed studies review
- Creators
- Fares Alshammari - University of WollongongJenny Sim - University of WollongongSamuel Lapkin - University of WollongongMoira Stephens - University of Wollongong
- Publication Details
- Nurse education in practice, Vol.59, 103294
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991013092523702368
- Copyright
- © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article