title: Incorporating concepts of end-of-life care into a psychiatric nursing course.
abstract: Providing quality care to patients who are at the end of life is recognized as an important aspect of health care. Nurse educators are in a unique position to influence future care by imparting essential information on this topic to students during their basic nursing education. The author offers support for the suggestion that select end-of-life concepts be included in psychiatric-mental health nursing courses and presents suggestions for incorporating such concepts into psychiatric nursing clinical learning experiences.
authors.affiliation: Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durkin
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013664:Teaching Materials; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards