Open AccessStudy of nurses′ knowledge about palliative care: A quantitative cross-sectional survey
Author(s) -
P Venkatesan,
Karvannan Harikesavan,
Senthil P Kumar,
Suruliraj Karthikbabu,
Nafeez Syed,
Vaishali Sisodia,
Saroja Jaykumar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.100832
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , cross sectional study , family medicine , nursing , test (biology) , pain management , pain assessment , curriculum , physical therapy , psychology , paleontology , pedagogy , pathology , biology
Studies have documented that nurses and other health care professionals are inadequately prepared to care for patients in palliative care. Several reasons have been identified including inadequacies in nursing education, absence of curriculum content related to pain management, and knowledge related to pain and palliative care.