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Is patient information on palliative care good enough? A literature review and audit

14 August 2018

Cancer Nursing Practice

Medicines

Aim Early access to palliative care can improve patients’ signs and symptoms and reduce hospital admissions. In the UK many palliative care referrals are made in the...

Addressing challenges in end of life communication with patients and families

11 April 2023

Nursing Standard

Care experience

Skilled and compassionate communication with patients and their families is a priority in all areas of clinical practice. This is particularly important in...

Promoting person-centred care at the end of life

25 September 2023

Nursing Standard

Care experience

Providing person-centred care that takes into account each patient’s individual needs and priorities is crucial at the end of life. Nurses need to be aware of the...

End of life care: how nurses can use a compassionate approach

28 May 2024

Nursing Standard

Care experience

The reality of death and dying is a central facet of life, often surrounded by feelings of sadness, fear and uncertainty. Nurses have an essential role in caring for...

Role of children’s hospices in caring for children, young people and families

21 October 2024

Nursing Standard

Peer-reviewed articles

Children’s hospices are central to specialist palliative care provision for the increasing number of children and young people with life-limiting conditions and...

Palliative and end of life care in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

22 May 2018

Primary Health Care

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a life-limiting interstitial lung disease. We do not know what causes it and there is no cure. People experience debilitating...

Challenges and facilitators in providing effective end of life care in intensive care units

15 April 2019

Nursing Standard

end of life care

Caring for patients who are at the end of their lives is an essential aspect of practice in intensive care units (ICUs). While intensive care is one of the...

Nurses’ attitudes and beliefs around exploring the existential concerns of people with cancer

25 May 2022

Cancer Nursing Practice

living with and beyond cancer

Background Existential concerns are common among people with cancer, but many of them perceive a lack of support from healthcare professionals in this area. Aim To...

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...

Open AccessSupportive care needs of people with pancreatic cancer: a literature review

10 January 2019

Cancer Nursing Practice

Palliative care

Quality of life is crucial to people with pancreatic cancer due to poor survival rates and high symptom burden. Timely and person-centred supportive and palliative...

05 March 2025 / Vol 40 issue 3

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