Implementing advance care planning in palliative and end of life care: a scoping review of community nursing perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advance care planninganning (ACP) is a priority within palliative care service provision. Nurses working in the community occupy an opportune role to engage with families and patients in ACP. Carers and family members of palliative patients often find ACP discussions difficult to initiate. However, community nurses caring for palliative patients can encourage these discussions, utilising the rapport and relationships they have already built with patients and families. Despite this potential, implementation barriers and facilitators continue to exist. To date, no research synthesis has captured the challenges community nurses face when implementing ACP, nor the facilitators of community nurse-led ACP. Considering this, the review question of: 'What factors contribute to o

SUBMITTER: Wilkin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10976700 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature