TY - JOUR
T1 - Palliative care education for pediatric nurses.
AU - Malloy, Pam
AU - Ferrell, Betty
AU - Virani, Rose
AU - Wilson, Karla
AU - Uman, Gwen
PY - 2006/11/1
Y1 - 2006/11/1
N2 - Of all the various healthcare professionals that provide care to children and their families facing life's end, no one spends more time at the bedside observing, critically thinking, consulting, and providing direct care than the pediatric nurse. Previous research, however, demonstrates that undergraduate education has not prepared nurses to provide optimum end-of-life (EOL) care (Ferrell, Grant, & Virani, 1999; Ferrell, Virani, & Grant, 1999). Although many reasons have been cited in the literature for this inadequacy, the fact remains that when nurses complete their basic education and enter practice, they often are grossly unprepared to care for children and families in need of end-of-life care (Field & Behrman, 2003).
AB - Of all the various healthcare professionals that provide care to children and their families facing life's end, no one spends more time at the bedside observing, critically thinking, consulting, and providing direct care than the pediatric nurse. Previous research, however, demonstrates that undergraduate education has not prepared nurses to provide optimum end-of-life (EOL) care (Ferrell, Grant, & Virani, 1999; Ferrell, Virani, & Grant, 1999). Although many reasons have been cited in the literature for this inadequacy, the fact remains that when nurses complete their basic education and enter practice, they often are grossly unprepared to care for children and families in need of end-of-life care (Field & Behrman, 2003).
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M3 - Article
C2 - 17256293
AN - SCOPUS:33947491816
SN - 0097-9805
VL - 32
SP - 555
EP - 561
JO - Pediatric Nursing
JF - Pediatric Nursing
IS - 6
ER -