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The role of health play specialists in palliative care

08 February 2018

Cancer Nursing Practice

Evidence & practice

The role of health play specialists (HPSs) in palliative care is under-researched. Although they undertake extremely beneficial work in this area, it is not...

Providing palliative and end of life care for people with advanced disease

16 May 2022

Nursing Standard

end of life care

All nurses and healthcare workers have a vital role in caring for people with a life-limiting prognosis. The importance of this role was accentuated during the...

Evaluation of service user-led workshops in children’s palliative care education

19 June 2023

Nursing Children and Young People

Life-limiting conditions

Children’s nurses report feeling unprepared when caring for children with life-limiting conditions and their families, while the value of including service users in...

Open AccessCare after death in children’s hospices: recommendations for moving and handling, and for managing physiological deterioration

21 February 2022

Nursing Children and Young People

research

Background Children’s hospices provide a range of services for babies, children and young people who have a life-limiting or life-threatening condition, including...

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...