The effect of education on community nursing practice in improving the patient–carer experience at the end of life.

Successfully completing the ‘Foundations in End of Life/Palliative Care’ distance-learning module has had a measurable effect on the knowledge, competence and confidence of community nurses in the principles and practice of palliative and end-of-life care. An appropriate practice-based education mod...

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Publicado en:British Journal of Community Nursing Vol. 19; no. 6; pp. 284 - 291
Autores principales: Wheeler, Christine, Anstey, Sally, Lewis, Melanie, Jeynes, Kay, Way, Helen
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mark Allen Holdings Limited Jun2014
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Sumario:Successfully completing the ‘Foundations in End of Life/Palliative Care’ distance-learning module has had a measurable effect on the knowledge, competence and confidence of community nurses in the principles and practice of palliative and end-of-life care. An appropriate practice-based education module can empower community nursing practice and have a direct impact on improving the patient–carer experience at the end of life. This article provides evidence from the quantitative and qualitative data from pre- and post-module self-assessment questionnaires along with the successful completion of an electronic multiple-choice questionnaire and short-answer classroom test to demonstrate this.