Enhancing nutritional care in palliative care units: assessing nurse knowledge and quality perception in enteral nutrition practices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adequate, balanced, and individualized nutrition, planned according to the patients' life expectancy in palliative care units, is crucial for maintaining essential functions.

Aim

To determine the knowledge levels of nurses working in palliative care units regarding enteral nutrition practices and their perceptions of nutritional care quality in their units.

Methods

This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in 25 palliative care units located in Izmir, Türkiye, between June and September 2022. The study sample consisted of 205 nurses working in palliative care units. Data were collected using a Personal Information Form, an Enteral Nutrition Practices Knowledge Form, and the Nurses' Perceived Nutrition Care Quality Assessment Scale. The STROBE ch

SUBMITTER: Batu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667898 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature