What is it about?
The article acknowledges the growing need of end-of-life care globally and the unique function of the nurse in providing quality end-of-life nursing care to patients and their families. It reviews evidence to support the inadequacies in the knowledge, attitude and skills of nurses to take on this role. It discusses all-inclusive evidence based strategies that will help improve end-of-life care nursing education and practice in Nigeria and prepare nursing students and workforce to take the lead in end-of-life care in this 21st century.
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Why is it important?
The growing incidence of non-communicable diseases and cancer cases in the country has led to many requiring palliative and supportive care even as they progress towards the end-of-life. This article is timely and so important as it affirms the need to prepare the nursing community to contribute towards improving the quality of life of people who are dying and their families.
Perspectives
End-of-life care nursing education and practice is challenged in this 21st century and there is urgent need to meet the demands of care among the populace. This article will be found useful and resourceful by government, non-governmental organization, health professionals, researchers and nursing profession at large. Attempts at implementing the all-inclusive evidence based strategies discussed in this article will no doubt transform end-of-life care nursing education and practice in Nigeria
Evans Peretomode
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This page is a summary of: End-of-life Care in Nigeria: Preparing Nursing Students and Workforce to Take the Lead, Journal of Advances in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, January 2017, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/jamps/2017/34876.
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