Structured Palliative Care Training Enhances Nursing Competence: Evidence from Breast Cancer Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advanced breast cancer patients often require palliative care (PC) to manage significant symptoms, relying heavily on nurses' competence.

Objective

Evaluate whether a structured PC training program can enhance nurses' competence in breast cancer care.

Methods

After an online announcement at Zhejiang Hospital, nurses enrolled in the PC training program. Due to the imbalance in trained and untrained nurses post-training, stratified randomization was applied, forming untrained (n = 34) and trained (n = 24) groups. The primary outcome, nursing competence, was assessed using Competency Inventory for Nursing Students at baseline and three months post-training. Subsequently, patients were recruited and assigned to different study groups based on the

SUBMITTER: Niu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12411899 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature