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## Background: Approximately 6% of the u.s. population suffer from a serious mental illness (smi). people with smi reportedly die 20 to 25 years earlier than the general population. ## Objectives: To explore both hospice/palliative care nurses' and psychiatric/mental health nurses' attitudes and needs toward people with smi at the end-of-life. ## Design: A qualitative study following a phenomenological approach was used to interview hospice/palliative care nurses and psychiatric nurses about the experience of caring for people with smi at the end-of-life; a total of 20 nurses were interviewed. interviews were analyzed and coded, and themes were identified. ## Results: Six themes were identified: stigma of mental illness, effect of smi symptoms on communication and trust, chaotic family systems, advocacy issues around pain and comfort, need for formal support, no right place to die. ## Conclusions: Participants discussed the need for better education and collaboration between psychiatric and palliative care nurses as well as the need for ongoing support.

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Author

Betty D. Morgan

Publisher

SAGE Publications; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1078-3903)

Published

2016

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)