title: Efficacy of the end-of-life nursing care continuing education program for nurses in general wards in Japan.
abstract: This study aimed to examine effectiveness of the End-of-life nursing care continuing education program for general ward nurses. A nonrandomized, before-after trial was conducted. The program was implemented for 25 nurses. The contents of the program consisted of the family assessment, general symptom management and practical use of theories and models regarding end-of-life nursing care. The primary outcome, implementation ability of end-of-life nursing care, was significantly improved after the program; improvements continued even at 2 months after. Similar results were obtained for nurses' confidence and knowledge concerning end-of-life nursing care. As for attitude toward end-of-life care, participants' scores were further elevated after the program. The participants rated the usefulness of the program as high. The effectiveness of the program was suggested from these results. In the future, this program should be widely used for in-service training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences at Odawara, International University of Health and Welfare, Kanagawa, Japan s-yoshioka@iuhw.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Saori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Osaka University Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013727:Terminal Care
keywords: continuing education; end-of-life care; end-stage cancer; evaluation; general ward; nursing