An integrative review to identify how nurses practicing in inpatient specialist palliative care units uphold the values of nursing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Caring for individuals and their families with a life-limiting, symptomatic illness and those who are dying has long been an integral role of palliative care nurses. Yet, over the last two decades, the specialty of palliative care has undergone significant changes in technology and medical treatments which have altered both the disease trajectory and the delivery of palliative care. To date, there is little evidence as to the impact of these medical and nursing advancements on the role of nurses working in palliative care and how in clinical practice these nurses continue to uphold their nursing values and the philosophy of palliative care.

Methods

An integrative review was conducted searching seven academic databases from the time period of January 2010 - Decembe

SUBMITTER: Moran S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8285858 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature