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Marc Degois1, Michaël Chenevez1, Géraldine Blanchot-Gruet1
1Équipe mobile de soins palliatifs, CHI de Haute-Comté, Pontarlier, France.
Sante Publique (Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France)
|June 23, 2025
Summary
A mandatory palliative care (PC) placement improved student nurses' (SNs) understanding of end-of-life (EOL) care. The 5-day training positively shifted SNs' professional representations and EOL patient care perceptions.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Palliative Care
- End-of-Life Care
Context:
- Student nurses (SNs) often exhibit avoidant attitudes towards end-of-life (EOL) patients.
- A mandatory palliative care (PC) placement was implemented for healthcare students in France.
- Third-year SNs completed a 5-day placement with a mobile PC team.
Purpose:
- To assess the impact of a mandatory PC placement on SNs' representations of PC.
- To understand how these representations were altered by the placement.
Summary:
- A qualitative study analyzed SNs' verbatim comments before and after a 5-day PC placement.
- Thematic analysis revealed shifts in SNs' understanding of PC and EOL care.
- SNs moved from spiritual/negative views to professional vocabulary and better comprehension of patient needs and ethical challenges.
Impact:
- The PC placement demonstrated an immediate positive effect on SNs' professional representations.
- Findings support integrating PC training into nursing education curricula.
- Further research is recommended to determine the long-term effects of such placements.