End-of-life education in undergraduate nursing curricula

Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2004 Mar-Apr;23(2):89-92. doi: 10.1097/00003465-200403000-00009.

Abstract

Americans are increasingly dying in hospitals. The provision of end-of-life care is essential to providing a death with dignity. However, this is not taught in many schools of nursing. The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of including this important content in nursing curricula.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence / standards
  • Curriculum*
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / organization & administration*
  • Forecasting
  • Humans
  • Needs Assessment
  • Nurse's Role
  • Nursing Education Research
  • Right to Die
  • Societies, Nursing
  • Terminal Care* / ethics
  • Terminal Care* / organization & administration
  • Terminal Care* / psychology
  • United States