Death and caring for dying patients: Exploring first-year nursing students' descriptive experiences

International Journal of Palliative Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 509-515

  Ek, Kristina ^a   Westin, Lars ^a   Prahl, Charlotte ^b,c   Österlind, Jane ^b,c   Strang, Susann ^d,e   Bergh, Ingrid ^a   Henoch, Ingela ^b,e,f   Hammarlund, Kina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e Angered Community Hospital   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Death; End of life care; Experiences; Nursing education; Nursing students

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

ETHICS; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84921746402     PISSN: 13576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijpn.2014.20.10.509     Document Type: Article

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