Incorporating concepts of end-of-life care into a psychiatric nursing course.

Providing quality care to patients who are at the end of life is recognized as an important aspect of health care. Nurse educators are in a unique position to influence future care by imparting essential information on this topic to students during their basic nursing education. The author offers support for the suggestion that select end-of-life concepts be included in psychiatric-mental health nursing courses and presents suggestions for incorporating such concepts into psychiatric nursing clinical learning experiences.