• Nurse education today · Jun 2014

    A qualitative exploratory study of nursing students' assessment of the contribution of palliative care learning.

    • Montserrat Ballesteros, Carlos Centeno, and Maria Arantzamendi.
    • University of Navarra, Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), ATLANTES Research Program, Pamplona, Spain; Nursing Department of the University of Valladolid, Spain. Electronic address: monba@enf.uva.es.
    • Nurse Educ Today. 2014 Jun 1; 34 (6): e1-6.

    ObjectiveWe explored the contribution of optional palliative care (PC) learning to the training of undergraduate nursing students.DesignThis is a qualitative, exploratory study.ParticipantsPC students from two universities (n=236) responded to the open question: What was the contribution of the PC course to your training?MethodsA thematic analysis of the respondents' answers was performed with investigator triangulation.FindingsFour themes were identified. Firstly, the PC course provided a comprehensive view of the nursing discipline. Secondly, the course helped the students to know how to interact with, communicate with and better understand patients. Thirdly, the contribution of the course to the students' personal growth prompted them to reflect personally on death, thus promoting self-awareness. Finally, the students considered the PC course to be of great importance in the nursing curriculum.ConclusionNursing students believed that a PC course was an essential component in their training, which contributed favourably to their personal and professional development.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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