Journal of palliative medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Nurse education program on meaninglessness in terminally ill cancer patients: a randomized controlled study of a novel two-day workshop.
Fostering patients' sense of meaning is an essential task for palliative care clinicians. Few studies have reported the effects on nurses of a short-term training program aimed at improving skills to relieve feelings of meaninglessness in terminally ill cancer patients. ⋯ This short-term educational intervention had a significant beneficial effect on nurses' confidence and modest effects on attitudes.