The palliative care education needs of nursing home staff

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 501-510

  Whittaker, Evelyn ^a   George Kernohan, W ^b   Hasson, Felicity ^b   Howard, Valerie ^a   McLaughlin, Dorry ^a  

^a NORTHERN IRELAND HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hospice; Nursing home; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33746529970     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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