Palliative care nurse: A quantitative study of caring for neonates at end-of-life stage.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the quality of the care provided to newborns at End-of-Life (EOL) stages and compare the care which is already being given to the infants admitted to the NICUs of the selected hospital in (XXX) with the existing standards. Knowing how End-of-Life nursing care is provided, compared with the standard in the terminal stage of neonates' life can provide accurate information for policies, research, and educational practices.

Methods

In this descriptive study, 100 nursing care services, provided to neonates at the EOL stages and their parents, were observed and compared to the standard checklist which had been developed based on the literature review and existing standards in 2015. The study setting included the NICUs of the four hospitals af

SUBMITTER: Shahintab S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9577836 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature