Embedding a Palliative Care Nurse Consultant Within a General Medicine Ward: A Prospective Exploratory Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To describe patient outcomes for patients at high risk of mortality (with a prognosis of three months or less to live) where a Palliative Care Nurse Consultant (PCNC) was embedded in a General Medicine team. To explore patients and/or their carers feedback and allied health, nursing professionals' perspectives on integrating a palliative care approach in the General Medicine ward.

Design

Prospective exploratory study.

Methods

SQUIRE reporting guidelines was adopted for the study reporting. This study was conducted over six weeks in a general medicine ward at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Participants were 20 patients aged > 65 years with non-malignant, chronic conditions at high risk of mortality within three months and had 18 nursing and allied h

SUBMITTER: Zhai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12862553 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature