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Overcoming the barriers to optimal end of life care in the emergency department

05 September 2023

Emergency Nurse

end of life care

The focus of care in the emergency department (ED) is on saving or sustaining life, but some patients admitted to the ED die in the ED. Nurses whose focus is on...

Barriers to effective end of life care in the acute sector: a literature review

25 October 2024

Cancer Nursing Practice

evidence and practice

The acute hospital is the place of care and death for many people at the end of life, but not all hospital inpatients who are approaching death receive appropriate...

Implementing palliative and end of life care for people with dementia

06 November 2024

Nursing Older People

Dementia care

Dementia is characterised by memory loss, behavioural changes and decline of cognitive, social and physical functions and is a life-limiting condition. At the point...