ReviewJournal of pain and symptom management2022
Optimizing the Global Nursing Workforce to Ensure Universal Palliative Care Access and Alleviate Serious Health-Related Suffering Worldwide.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Nurse-led tele-palliative care for symptom management and family support: A hybrid umbrella review of reviews and primary studies.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of nurse-led mHealth-based self-care management for patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Exploring Critical Care Nurses' Experiences With Emotional Labor in Palliative Care.International nursing review · 2026Article
- Provision of palliative and end-of-life care by community health nurses: A scoping review on the challenges and potential solutions.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Hidden work and blurred boundaries: a qualitative study of how community nurses navigate and adapt injectable medication processes to provide timely end-of-life symptom control.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- Who is the emergency care community? A qualitative exploration of stakeholder roles and relationships in engaged research within a South African provincial emergency care system.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2026Article
- Narrative review comparing palliative care models in primary and community care settings: For a better integration of nurses' activities and skills.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Review
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- Palliative Care Integration in Oncology: A Review and Update.Journal of hospice and palliative care · 2025Review
- Exploring nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and competence in holistic palliative care management in Papua New Guinea: a mixed-methods study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- A qualitative study on ICU nurses' perceptions of palliative care.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Navigating Challenges in Palliative Care: A Survey on ASCO Guideline Adherence Among Health Care Providers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.JCO global oncology · 2025Article
- Community out-of-hours palliative care - 'It's a patchwork of services': A qualitative study exploring care provision.Palliative medicine · 2025Article
- Lest we forget: Dr Paul Farmer (1959-2022) 'A Global Health Leader at Harvard'.Journal of medical biography · 2025Article
- Night shift and occupational fatigue among nurses who work 12 hours in Jeddah.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Review
- Ethical issues in palliative care: nursing and quality of life.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Exploring Nurses' Emotional Resilience and Coping Strategies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care Settings in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Telephone advice lines for adults with advanced illness and their family carers: a qualitative analysis and novel practical framework.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Institutional drivers for integrating palliative care services in a hospital in a sub-Saharan African military hospital context.Palliative care and social practice · 2024Article
- Comprehensive scoping review of palliative care development in Africa: recent advances and persistent gaps.Frontiers in health services · 2024Review
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Abstract
contextPalliative care access is fundamental to the highest attainable standard of health and a core component of universal health coverage. Forging universal palliative care access is insurmountable without strategically optimizing the nursing workforce and integrating palliative nursing into health systems at all levels. The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored both the critical need for accessible palliative care to alleviate serious health-related suffering and the key role of nurses to achieve this goal.
objectives1) Summarize palliative nursing contributions to the expansion of palliative care access; 2) identify emerging nursing roles in alignment with global palliative care recommendations and policy agendas; 3) promote nursing leadership development to enhance universal access to palliative care services.
methodsEmpirical and policy literature review; best practice models; recommendations to optimize the palliative nursing workforce.
resultsNurses working across settings provide a considerable untapped resource that can be leveraged to advance palliative care access and palliative care program development. Best practice models demonstrate promising approaches and outcomes related to education and training, policy and advocacy, and academic-practice partnerships.
conclusionAn estimated 28 million nurses account for 59% of the international healthcare workforce and deliver up to 90% of primary health services. It has been well-documented that nurses are often the first or only healthcare provider available in many parts of the world. Strategic investments in international and interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as policy changes and the safe expansion of high-quality nursing care, can optimize the efforts of the global nursing workforce to mitigate serious health-related suffering.
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