Many nurses currently working in palliaitve care are working towards retirement, which is a great concern for the future workforce. It is important to nurture those who will potentially provide palliative care in the future, and palliative nursing should be promoted as a rewarding and positive career move.
Many nurses have responsibilities for undergraduates in their area of work. Some palliative care nurses also provide formal education for these nurses.
Resources
- The National Palliative Care Program has a project called Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates (PCC4U) which aims to promote inclusion of palliative care education as an integral part of all medical, nursing and allied health undergraduate training
- The Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing has information on Education, training and support for the workforce.
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References
- Ramjan JM, Costa CM, Hickman LD, Kearns M, Phillips JL. Integrating palliative care content into a new undergraduate nursing curriculum: The University of Notre Dame, Australia - Sydney experience. Collegian. 2010 Jul;17(2):85-91.
- Schreiner LS, Pimple C, Wolf Bordonaro GP. Palliative care for children: preparing undergraduate nursing students. Nurse Educator. 2009 Jul-Aug;34(4):162-5.
- Wallace M, Grossman S, Campbell S, Robert T, Lange J, Shea J. Integration of end-of-life care content in undergraduate nursing curricula:student knowledge and perceptions. J Prof Nurs. 2009 Jan-Feb;25(1):50-6.
- Dickinson GE, Clark D, Sque M. Palliative care and end of life issues in UK pre-registration, undergraduate nursing programmes. Nurse Educ Today. 2008 Feb;28(2):163-70. Epub 2007 Apr 23.
- Wee B, Hillier R, Coles C, Mountford B, Sheldon F, Turner P. Palliative care: a suitable setting for undergraduate interprofessional education. Palliat Med. 2001 Nov;15(6):487-92.
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