J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2025 Dec 1;27(6):311-316. doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001160. Epub 2025 Sep 2.ABSTRACTPalliative care is a critical component of high-quality healthcare, yet graduate nursing education has historically underemphasized its integration into advanced practice and scholarly training. This article outlines an innovative, evidence-informed approach to embedding palliative care education throughout graduate nursing curricula, aligned with national guidelines. This exemplar model demonstrates how primary and specialty palliative care can be woven into core coursework, clinical training, and interdisciplinary collaboration to build clinical, ethical, and leadership competencies. Strategies include simulation-based training, reflective writing, interprofessional intensives, and leadership development through scholarly presentations and quality…
Origen: Shaping the Future of Palliative Care: An Innovative Approach to Graduate Education – PubMed

J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2025 Dec 1;27(6):E261-E269. doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001163. Epub 2025 Sep 10.ABSTRACTAs the global burden of chronic and life-limiting illnesses continues to rise, the demand for high-quality palliative care-and by extension, well-prepared palliative care nurses-is greater than ever. This article explores the current landscape of palliative care nursing education in various regions of the world, highlighting key international initiatives, innovations, and persistent challenges. Major global efforts advocating for universal palliative care access and the integration of palliative care education into nursing curricula have laid important groundwork. Regional successes, including structured certification programs, national frameworks, community-based trainings, and culturally tailored…
Origen: Advancing Palliative Care Through Education: A Worldwide Journey – PubMed

BMJ Open. 2025 Nov 4;15(11):e096402. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-096402.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Despite increasing palliative care capabilities in the USA, utilisation rates remain low for patients with advanced cancer, particularly among African American patients. To address this gap, a theory-driven, stakeholder-informed community health worker (CHW) palliative care intervention for African American patients with advanced cancer and their informal caregivers is currently being assessed through a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial at four cancer centres across the USA. To improve the quality and efficiency of palliative care delivery, inform resource allocation and guide broad-scale implementation, it is essential to generate evidence on the economic value of…
Origen: Economic evaluation of a hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial comparing a community health worker palliative care intervention to enhanced standard of care in African American patients across four cancer centres in the USA: a study protocol – PubMed

Support Care Cancer. 2025 Nov 5;33(12):1017. doi: 10.1007/s00520-025-10071-1.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Patients with a life-threatening disease often experience palliative care needs (symptoms and problems) before death, and those with the most complex needs should be those who get access to specialized palliative care. To examine if that is the case, studies are needed comparing palliative care needs of patients with life-threatening cancer and non-cancer diseases admitted to specialized palliative care to patients receiving basic palliative care.AIMS: To compare palliative care needs among patients with a life-threatening disease admitted to specialized palliative care and patients receiving basic palliative care.DESIGN: A secondary data analysis of…
Origen: Differences in symptoms and problems experienced by patients with a life-threatening disease in specialized palliative care and basic palliative care-a nationwide cross-sectional study – PubMed

Support Care Cancer. 2025 Nov 5;33(12):1018. doi: 10.1007/s00520-025-10122-7.ABSTRACTPURPOSE: The number older patients with cancer who are terminally ill is expected to increase with global population aging. However, reports on the actual use of opioids for pain relief in patients aged ≥ 90 years with cancer at the end of life are limited.METHODS: To investigate opioid use in older patients with cancer aged ≥ 90 years who died in a palliative care unit. Patients with cancer who died in the palliative care unit between August 2020 to August 2024 and were aged ≥ 90 years were included. We analyzed their data…
Origen: Opioid use in patients aged 90 years or older with terminal cancer in a palliative care unit: a single-center retrospective observational study – PubMed