‘Early planning makes for a good death’: residential aged care nurses’ views on caring for those in the last months of life
Nurses see value in recognising early health decline and identifying residents nearing end-of-life, but workflow and resource limitations hinder their ability to engage effectively. Developing and implementing resources and processes to enable nurses to identify early decline and deliver timely, quality end-of-life care is imperative.
Authors
- Jennifer Tieman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2611-1900)
- Priyanka Vandersman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8527-6994)
Institutions
- Flinders University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Nursing
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03411-3
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Australian Government
- Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government