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Nursing and the Future of Palliative Care.

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Collectively, nurses have demonstrated a commitment to palliative care, with some nurses showing even greater initiative in the treatment of end‐of‐life patients.
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This article is published in Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing.The article was published on 2017-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 65 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ambulatory care nursing & Primary nursing.

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How social support affects the ability of clinical nursing personnel to cope with death

TL;DR: Support provided by supervisors and peers have a positive impact on the nursing personnel when nurses are providing hospice care for the terminally ill and sufficient support from colleagues can be an important source of comfort for clinical nursing personnel to manage their preparation for and overall strategies to cope with the death of patients.
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Palliative Care Education in Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum in Italy.

TL;DR: The extension and characteristics of palliative care education within all of the nursing degree curricula in Italy, as well as to what extent their topics match the European Society of Palliative Care guide, are described.
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Assessing oncology nurses' attitudes towards death and the prevalence of burnout: A cross-sectional study.

TL;DR: Death education and death related training including discussion of personal attitudes towards death should be part of nursing education programs, which would in turn prevent oncology nurses from burnout.
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The suffering measurement instruments in palliative care: A systematic review of psychometric properties.

TL;DR: The Suffering Pictogram seems to be the most useful instrument identified in this systematic review of the measurement properties of instruments assessing suffering in palliative care, and the selection of the most appropriate measure for assessing this construct is crucial.
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Early Palliative Care for Patients with Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

TL;DR: Among patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, early palliative care led to significant improvements in both quality of life and mood and, as compared with patients receiving standard care, patients received less aggressive care at the end of life but longer survival.
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American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

TL;DR: In August 2010, AACN conducted an online survey of nursing schools offering baccalaureate and graduate programs in the U.S. to better assess the experience of new graduates in finding employment during these recessionary times.
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Effects of a Palliative Care Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer: The Project ENABLE II Randomized Controlled Trial

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of a nursing-led intervention on quality of life, symptom intensity, mood, and resource use in patients with advanced cancer in a randomized controlled trial.

Effects of a Palliative Care Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer

TL;DR: Those receiving a nurse-led, palliative care-focused intervention addressing physical, psychosocial, and care coordination provided concurrently with oncology care had higher scores for quality of life and mood, but did not have improvements in symptom intensity scores or reduced days in the hospital or ICU or emergency department visits.
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Early Versus Delayed Initiation of Concurrent Palliative Oncology Care: Patient Outcomes in the ENABLE III Randomized Controlled Trial

TL;DR: Early-entry participants' patient-reported outcomes and resource use were not statistically different; however, their survival 1-year after enrollment was improved compared with those who began 3 months later.