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Address the Gap in Nursing Knowledge Regarding Patients at End of Life in an Inpatient Oncology Setting
No full textBackground: Nurses often lack the knowledge of providing end of life (EOL) care and do not feel adequately prepared to confidently provide care. Identifying barriers to providing quality care could demonstrate improved symptom management for EOL patients and nursing confidence.
Aims: To identify knowledge gaps for oncology nurses working with EOL patients, develop nursing education, and ultimately improve patients’ symptom management.
Methods: This was a needs assessment of nurses (n=79) working in an inpatient oncology unit. A survey was distributed to obtain barriers in nursing knowledge and an educational module was created. A quality improvement study was then performed to compare symptom management pre and post educational intervention.
Findings: The average pain scores for EOL patients who were admitted post intervention were lower, though the difference was marginal.
Conclusion: Larger studies are recommended to evaluate the outcomes of providing EOL care education to specialty nurses and its effect on symptom management
Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Perceptions, Knowledge, and Barriers to Accessing Student Mental Health Services
No full textBackground: While improving the mental health of college students is a worldwide goal of the World Health Organization, programs to address student needs in the United States are underresourced, complex to access, and frequently confusing. In 2024, the National College Health Assessment found that 21% of college students scored high in severe psychological distress, 50% were positive for loneliness, 11% reported self-injury over the previous 12 months, and 28% scored positive on suicidal screening. Nursing students have increased levels of depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, stress-related illness, and suicide. Aim: The first aim of this project was to identify perceptions, knowledge, and barriers to accessing mental health services among undergraduate nursing students. The second aim was to investigate demographic differences within the sample, to identify different needs or increased barriers. Methods: An anonymous survey, Perceptions, Knowledge, and Barriers to Student Mental Health Services, was created using Qualtrics to collect undergraduate nursing students\u27 demographic and mental health data. A Likert scale was used to obtain the degree of agreement with statements regarding perceptions, knowledge and barriers (PKB) to mental health services. Results: Students reported that time, finances, and uncertainty that others in their social group would seek mental health services, would be barriers to seeking mental health care. Implications for Practice: The barriers of time and finances may be addressed by expanding the urgent care hours at the student health services and ensuring that students know of their limited cost. Education and guidance on the barriers that most commonly limit a student’s desire to seek mental health care and incorporation of assignments for practicing self-care activities as a part of developing sustainable nursing practice may address this critical concern
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