title: Nurses' knowledge about palliative care in Southeast Iran.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Palliative care requires nurses to be knowledgeable about different aspects of the care that they provide for dying patients. This study, therefore, was conducted to examine oncology and intensive care nurses' knowledge about palliative care in Southeast Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (PCQN), 140 oncology and intensive care unit (ICU) nurses' knowledge about palliative care in three hospitals supervised by Kerman University of Medical Sciences was assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In PCQN, the mean score was 7.59 (SD: 2.28). The most correct answers were in the category of management of pain and other symptoms (46.07%). The lowest correct answers were in the category of psychosocial and spiritual care (19.3%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that nurses' knowledge about palliative care can be improved by establishing specific palliative care units to focus on end-of-life care. This establishment requires incorporation of an end-of-life nursing education curriculum into undergraduate nursing studies.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery,Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran.
authors.forename: Sedigheh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iranmanesh
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery,Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran.
authors.forename: Farideh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Razban
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery,Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran.
authors.forename: Batool
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tirgari
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery,Kerman University of Medical Sciences,Kerman,Iran.
authors.forename: Ghazanfari
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zahra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D064648:Critical Care Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult