Teaching palliative nursing to students

Abstract

This article explores some of the reasons why students need to learn about death and dying, and examines why students may be ill-prepared to deal with dying patients. It also outlines some innovative ways of teaching death and dying, including methods the author has used to teach students in her own practice.

Inter-Professional High Fidelity Simulation: The Way Forward for End-of-Life Care Education

“…20 Literature on preferred teaching strategies for EOLC have been reported over the years, such as the preference for experiential approaches for teaching about death and dying. 21 Experiential learning can aid the discovery of possibilities which may not be evident solely from direct experience. 22 Experiential learning opportunities are necessary to allow students to spend time with dying patients and their families.…”