Fostering Nurse Retention Through Community Integration.

Like the acute care environment, long-term care (LTC) settings struggle to recruit and retain nursing staff. As the population ages, there are implications for administrators to create innovative approaches to attract and retain nurses to work in LTC. This article explores the basic tenets that foster and hinder retention in this important care setting.

Preparing nurses for palliative care in long term care: An integrative review.

Background: With the aging population, there is an increased need for nurses with competence in chronic illness and palliative care management particularly in long-term care settings. The incorporation of palliative care education in nursing curricula has been explored previously.

Purpose: This review aimed to appraise the current literature on the state of palliative care education in academia and how it impacts the preparedness of nurses to enter long-term care post-graduation.