Palliative care and end of life issues in UK pre-registration, undergraduate nursing programmes

摘要: Palliative and end of life care topics have traditionally not been in nursing school curricula. Only recent years these included. The aim this research was to determine the current status such an emphasis programmes United Kingdom (UK). A mailed survey 2006 66 undergraduate (pre-registration) UK (return rate 79%) determined that palliative play a significant role programmes. Forty-five teaching hours on average were devoted topics. All schools some provision care, over 95% students participated courses. nurse usually primary instructor, although non-nurses sometimes used. Attitudes toward dying death communicating with terminally-ill patients family members emphasised. By highlighting curricula, appeared be giving opportunity face issue death, thus helping them better prepared help their families do so.