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José Tubal Pérez-Pérez1, Juan Manuel Vázquez-Sánchez2, Irene Martín-Romero3
1Paediatric nurse practitioner, Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Spain.
Background:
Effective training of health professionals is essential to end-of-life care.
Aims:
To explore the level of knowledge on paediatric palliative care (PPC) of nurses in a children's monographic hospital.
Methods:
Cross-sectional observational analytical study. A sample of 53 nurses were selected. The translated and validated Spanish version of the Palliative Care Quiz for Nurses was used.
Findings:
Statistically significant differences (Mann-Whitney U; p=0.0346) were found between the knowledge of nurses in non-PPC-specific wards and nurses working in PPC, with the latter having a higher level of training in PPC (Chi-square; p=0.042).
Conclusion:
Professional experience with children with palliative needs and training seems to be related to increased knowledge of palliative care.
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