title: Experiences of emergency department nurses in providing palliative care to adults with advanced cancer: a systematic review protocol.
abstract: The objective of this review is to explore the experiences and perceptions of emergency department nurses in providing palliative care to adults with advanced cancer so as to contribute to the developing knowledge base on this phenomenon and, in turn, inform future practice and policy changes. Specifically, the review question for this qualitative review is as follows: what are the experiences and perceptions of emergency department nurses in providing palliative care to adults with advanced cancer?
authors.affiliation: 1School of Nursing, Dalhousie University 2Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University 3Department of Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre 4Department of Emergency Medicine, Capital District Health Authority 5WK Kellogg Health Sciences Library, Dalhousie University 6Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Revels
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sabo
authors.forename: Erna
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Snelgrove-Clarke
authors.forename: Sheri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Helwig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D036301:Qualitative Research; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic