TFG - Grado en Enfermería - Curso 2023-2024
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- Nurses attitude toward the death of palliative care patients(2024) Miranda-Martínez, C. (Carmen); Pereira-Sánchez, M. (Miriam)Introduction: Palliative care, which is crucial for improving the quality of life for patients facing life-threatening illnesses, often faces confusion among healthcare professionals. Nurses, who play a pivotal role in delivering palliative care, often exhibit knowledge gaps and less favorable attitudes towards end-of-life care. Understanding their attitudes towards death is essential for enhancing patient care. Objective: The aim of this review is to examine nurses’ attitude towards the death of palliative care patients and the factors that influence it. Methodology: This systematic review of the literature performed its search in three databases (PubMed, PsychInfo and CINHAL). With terms like “Nurses”, “Attitude”, “Palliative care” and “Death” it elected 483 articles from 2018-2023, the number was reduced to 10 final articles. Results: Nurses’ attitude toward death have an impact on the dying patient care and on themselves. Three main factors were found to influence nurses’ attitude toward death: education, nursing experience and age and meaning in life and religion. Conclusion: Addressing nurses' attitudes towards death is crucial for enhancing the quality of palliative care and ensuring the well-being of both patients and nursing staff, it should continue to be studied.