Flemish palliative-care nurses' attitudes to palliative sedation: a quantitative study.

Palliative sedation is an option of last resort to control refractory suffering. In order to better understand palliative-care nurses' attitudes to palliative sedation, an anonymous questionnaire was sent to all nurses (589) employed in palliative care in Flanders (Belgium). In all, 70.

Religion, world view and the nurse: results of a quantitative survey among Flemish palliative care nurses.

Aims: To study the religious or ideological views and practices of palliative care nurses.

Method: An anonymous questionnaire was sent to all nurses (n=589) employed in palliative care in Flanders, Belgium. A total of 70.

Flemish palliative care nurses' attitudes toward euthanasia: a quantitative study.

Aim: To adequately measure the attitudes of Flemish palliative care nurses toward euthanasia, and assess the relationship between these attitudes and demographic factors and the (perceived) influence of experience in palliative care on death anxiety.

Method: An anonymous questionnaire was sent to all nurses (n=589) employed in palliative care in Flanders, Belgium: 70.5% of the nurses (n=415) responded.

Introduction of a pain scale for palliative care patients with cognitive impairment.

Aim: To describe the development and introduction of a pain scale for patients with cognitive impairment who are admitted to homes for older people and nursing homes in the region of northwest Flanders in Belgium.

Design: A questionnaire comparing the Abbey and Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) scales was distributed in 17 homes; 185 care providers participated, evaluating 157 patients.

Findings: Approximately half of the care providers evaluated both scales as being good measures of pain and easy to use.