Hernández-Sánchez ML, Aguilar-García CR

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 87-90
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: The care of the patient in terminal stage is becoming increasingly important within the health system, since the patient deserves avoiding the suffering in the final stage of his life. That is why health professionals, including nurses, must be committed to work together, in order to apply the knowledge and skills to effectively carry out palliative care to the suffering and death.
Objetive: To determine the level of knowledge of nurses on palliative care for internal medicine inpatients.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study with 41 nurses of Internal Medicine service of a zone hospital was performed. The information was collected in an optional response questionnaire based on the level of knowledge of palliative care in various chronic diseases. The information collected was processed in Word and Excel and descriptive statistics was applied.
Results: 80.49% of the staff is knowledgeable about palliative care; the19.51% do not have enough knowledge on palliative care.
Conclusions: Awareness and training are required in all nursing staff assigned to the Internal Medicine service about the importance of this issue in order to provide quality care to avoid pain and suffering of the terminally ill.

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