These are the key references I used when working with competencies and preparing for education. They were the basis of my blog posting “Once upon a time there were competencies,” and also helped when preparing to present with Kelli Stadjuhar at the CASN conference in Victoria this past week.
CASN. 2011. “Palliative and End of Life Care Entry-to-Practice Competencies and Indicators for Registered Nurses.” Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. https://casn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/PEOLCCompetenciesandIndicatorsEn.pdf.
Doane, Gweneth Hartrick. 2002. “In the spirit of creativity: The learning and teaching of ethics in nursing.” Journal of Advanced Nursing 39(6): 521-528.
Edo-Gual, M., Tomás-Sábado, J., Bardallo-Porras, D. and Monforte-Royo, C. 2014. “The impact of death and dying on nursing students: An explanatory model.” Journal of Clinical Nursing 23: 3501–3512. doi:10.1111/jocn.12602.
Ek, K., Westin, L., Prahl, C., Österlind, J., Strang, S., Bergh, I., Henoch, I., and Hammarlund, K. 2014. “Death and caring for dying patients: Exploring first-year nursing students’ descriptive experiences.” International Journal of Palliative Nursing 20 (10).
ELNEC. 2016. “CARES: Competencies and Recommendations for Educating Undergraduate Nursing Students: Preparing Nurses to Care for the Seriously Ill and their Families.” American Association of Colleges of Nursing. https://www.aacn.nche.edu/elnec/New-Palliative-Care-Competencies.pdf.
Murray, Katherine. 2016. Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care: A Resource for Every Nurse. Saanichton, British Columbia: Life and Death Matters.
Peters, L., Cant, R., Payne, S., O’Connor, M., McDermott, F., Hood, K., Morphet, J., and Shimoinaba, K. 2013. “How death anxiety impacts nurses’ caring for patients at the end of life: A review of literature.” Open Nursing Journal 7: 14-21. doi:10.2174/1874434601307010014.
Potter, G., Pesut, B., Pherne Hooper, B., and Erbacker, L. 2015. “Team-based education in a palliative approach for rural nurses and unlicensed care providers.” The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 46 (6): 279-288.
Stajduhar, K.I. 2011. “Chronic illness, palliative care, and the problematic nature of dying.” Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 43 (3): 7-15.
