Using a ‘dying patient’ scenario to nurture compassionate care

Taking part in a simulation helped students confront the challenges involved in end-of-life care.

Abstract

Teaching about end-of-life care to undergraduate nursing students is often limited to classroom lectures, though subjects of death and grief elicit stress and anxiety in students. The ‘dying patient’ simulation scenario was piloted with senior nursing students to teach about compassionate communication at the end of life. Nursing faculty need to invest more into teaching palliative care competencies.

Citation: Dakessian Sailian S (2024) Using a ‘dying patient’ scenario to nurture compassionate care. Nursing Times [online]; 120: 3.

Author: Silva Dakessian Sailian is assistant professor, Rafic Hariri School of Nursing, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.