Journal article
Nurses' knowledge of advance directives and perceived confidence in end‐of‐life care: a cross‐sectional study in five countries
Abstract
Nurses' knowledge regarding advance directives may affect their administration and completion in end-of-life care. Confidence among nurses is a barrier to the provision of quality end-of-life care. This study investigated nurses' knowledge of advance directives and perceived confidence in end-of-life care, in Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy and the USA using a cross-sectional descriptive design (n = 1089). In all countries, older nurses and …
Authors
Coffey A; McCarthy G; Weathers E; Friedman MI; Gallo K; Ehrenfeld M; Chan S; Li WHC; Poletti P; Zanotti R
Journal
International Journal of Nursing Practice, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 247–257
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
June 2016
DOI
10.1111/ijn.12417
ISSN
1322-7114