title: The effect of education on community nursing practice in improving the patient-carer experience at the end of life.
abstract: Successfully completing the 'Foundations in End of Life/Palliative Care' distance-learning module has had a measurable effect on the knowledge, competence and confidence of community nurses in the principles and practice of palliative and end-of-life care. An appropriate practice-based education module can empower community nursing practice and have a direct impact on improving the patient-carer experience at the end of life. This article provides evidence from the quantitative and qualitative data from pre- and post-module self-assessment questionnaires along with the successful completion of an electronic multiple-choice questionnaire and short-answer classroom test to demonstrate this.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Associate Lecturer, Cardiff University.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.affiliation: Lecturer in Palliative Care, Cardiff University.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anstey
authors.affiliation: Lead Nurse, Palliative Care, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Locality Lead Nurse, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jeynes
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care, Velindre NHS Trust, Cardiff.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Way
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D064946:Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D013727:Terminal Care