Neonatal palliative care: Assessing the nurses educational needs for terminally ill patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For terminally sick neonates and their families, it's crucial to provide holistic nursing care that incorporates both curative and palliative care as much as feasible. It is well known that the biggest obstacle to delivering palliative care for neonatal children is a lack of training for nurses. Aim: The aim of this research is to investigate the experiences of nurses who provide care for neonates who are terminally ill as well as their educational requirements for neonatal palliative care.

Method

A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 200 nurses working in a tertiary center providing care for terminally ill neonates in Saudi Arabia. Data was collected from using Neonatal Palliative Care Questionnaire (QNPC) from January 2021 to March 2021.

Res

SUBMITTER: Khraisat OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9821778 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature