Malloy Pam, Ferrell Betty, Virani Rose, Wilson Karla, Uman Gwen
ELNEC Project at American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC, USA.
Pediatr Nurs. 2006 Nov-Dec;32(6):555-61.
Of all the various healthcare professionals that provide care to children and their families facing life's end, no one spends more time at the bedside observing, critically thinking, consulting, and providing direct care than the pediatric nurse. Previous research, however, demonstrates that undergraduate education has not prepared nurses to provide optimum end-of-life (EOL) care (Ferrell, Grant, & Virani, 1999; Ferrell, Virani, & Grant, 1999). Although many reasons have been cited in the literature for this inadequacy, the fact remains that when nurses complete their basic education and enter practice, they often are grossly unprepared to care for children and families in need of end-of-life care (Field & Behrman, 2003).
在所有为面临生命尽头的儿童及其家庭提供护理的各类医疗保健专业人员中，没有谁比儿科护士在床边花费更多时间进行观察、批判性思考、咨询并提供直接护理。然而，先前的研究表明，本科教育并未让护士做好提供最佳临终关怀（EOL）的准备（费雷尔、格兰特和维拉尼，1999年；费雷尔、维拉尼和格兰特，1999年）。尽管文献中列举了造成这种不足的诸多原因，但事实仍然是，当护士完成基础教育并开始执业时，他们往往完全没有准备好去照顾需要临终关怀的儿童及其家庭（菲尔德和贝尔曼，2003年）。
