Teaching end of life to nursing students The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the significant role nurses play in caring for people at the end of their life, but many nursing students feel... Read more... 23/02/2023 | Blog | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: Education and training | Nurse Views: 1731
Supporting nurses to care for our dying Despite over half of all deaths in Australia occurring in hospitals, nurses aren’t equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to... Read more... 21/02/2023 | Blog | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Nurses Tags: End-of-Life Care | Nurse Views: 1869
An integrated respiratory and palliative care... Patients with advanced lung disease have a higher symptom burden, and poorer quality of life, than those with advanced lung cancer. Dr. Julie... Read more... 17/02/2023 | Blog | Evidence | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Acute care | Specialist Palliative Care Views: 1661
When will the palliative care evidence be... Early integration of palliative care for people with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer not only improved quality of life and psychological... Read more... 14/02/2023 | Blog | Evidence Tags: Evidence-based palliative care Views: 1734
Psychosocial palliative care - patients... Significant levels of distress are experienced by 29-40% of palliative patients. Access to effective psychosocial interventions which reduce... Read more... 7/02/2023 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Supporting Families Tags: Research | Psychosocial care Views: 2482
Supportive care for carers of people with... Carers have a significant burden in managing the diverse physical, cognitive, and behavioural changes that can occur in people with high-grade... Read more... 6/02/2023 | Blog | Evidence | Community | Patients and Carers | Health Professionals | Supporting Families Tags: Research | carers Views: 1487