Open AccessOriginal Research: Understanding Nursing Home Staff Attitudes Toward Death and Dying: A Survey
Author(s) -
Nhat Bui,
Elizabeth Halifax,
Daniel David,
Lauren Hunt,
Edyssa Uy,
Christine S. Ritchie,
Caroline Stephens
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the american journal of nursing/american journal of nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-7488
pISSN - 0002-936X
DOI - 10.1097/01.naj.0000694336.19444.5a
Subject(s) - palliative care , nursing , medicine , feeling , loneliness , ambivalence , family medicine , psychology , psychiatry , social psychology
Nearly 70% of nursing home residents are eligible for palliative care, yet few receive formal palliative care outside of hospice. Little is known about nursing home staff attitudes, knowledge, skills, and behaviors related to palliative care.