J Contin Educ Nurs. 2012 Nov;43(11):487-8. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20121024-25.

Palliative care in a community hospital: educating nurses to embrace this new initiative.

Journal of continuing education in nursing

Annie Kazandjian

PMID: 23126304 DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20121024-25

Abstract

Palliative care, often mistaken for hospice care, improves patients' quality of life via symptom management of life-limiting illnesses. A community hospital began a palliative care team. Along with Nursing Education, this team educated a group of nurses to implement treatment modalities and offered ongoing education to prepare nurses to become certified in palliative and hospice nursing.

Copyright 2012, SLACK Incorporated.

MeSH terms

• Certification / methods
• Certification / organization & administration
• Education, Nursing, Continuing / methods
• Education, Nursing, Continuing / organization & administration
• Hospitals, Community*
• Humans
• Nursing Evaluation Research
• Palliative Care* / standards
• Staff Development / methods
• Staff Development / organization & administration
• Staff Development / standards

Publication Types

• Journal Article