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Setup and Execution of the Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Death Notification Curriculum
Published on: August 5, 2020
[Death and dying in the nurse formation process]
Wilker Invenção Azevedo de Oliveira1, Rita de Cruz Amorim
1Programa de Saúde da Familia no Instituto de Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal da Bahia, Bahia, Brasil.
Revista Gaucha De Enfermagem
|October 1, 2008
Summary
This study found that undergraduate nursing students are not adequately prepared to face death and dying during their training. The curriculum needs improvement to equip students with the necessary skills for providing humane end-of-life care.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Nursing
- Thanatology
Context:
- Societal death denial impacts healthcare training.
- Undergraduate nursing curricula may not fully address end-of-life care preparation.
Purpose:
- To qualitatively assess the preparedness of undergraduate nursing students for death and dying during their training.
- To explore nursing students' experiences with death and dying in both daily life and clinical training.
Summary:
- Seven nursing students in their final training discipline were interviewed.
- Data analysis revealed a gap in preparing students to provide humane end-of-life care.
- Key themes included facing death, emotional reactions, and training experiences.
Impact:
- Highlights the need for enhanced end-of-life care education in nursing programs.
- Suggests curriculum revisions to better support students in managing death and dying scenarios.
- Aims to improve the quality of care provided to terminally ill patients by better-prepared nurses.
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