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Effects of End‐of‐Life Education on Baccalaureate Nursing Students
Author(s) -
Thompson Gelene T.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)60339-6
Subject(s) - curriculum , end of life care , nursing , nurse education , medicine , subject (documents) , medical education , psychology , pedagogy , palliative care , library science , computer science
• MOST NURSES MUST DEAL WITH DEATH and dying at some time during their careers; therefore, all nurses should have an understanding of the care people require at the end of life. Many schools of nursing, however, do not require end‐of‐life issues as a separate subject in the curriculum. • THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES baccalaureate nursing students' experiences during a four‐month course in end‐of‐life issues. • A PROJECT EVALUATED the change in students' perceived comfort level in dealing with a patient who is dying and the patient's family members. AORN J 82 (September 2005) 434–440.