Journal of clinical nursing
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To examine the quality and safety of nurse practitioner services of two newly implemented nurse practitioner models of care at a correctional facility. ⋯ Results suggest that nurse practitioner models can be successfully integrated into a prison setting and could provide a nursing career pathway.
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To understand the perceptions of critical care nurses towards providing end-of-life care. ⋯ Nurses could be involved more in decision-making and empowered to start end-of-life care conversations within the team and with family members. Communication with family members and between nurses and doctors could be improved. Support for nurses providing end-of-life care could be enhanced through promoting social networks, education and bereavement support. Further research is needed to explore ways to support and empower nurses to provide end-of-life care in critical care.