What does it mean to be a ‘silent companion’ and how does this help to build trust at the end of a patient’s life?

Find out more in this episode of the Nursing Standard podcast, which explores the challenges that nurses face when providing person-centred end of life care.

Other topics addressed include effective communication, building authentic and trusting relationships, and the importance of nurses in this role being able to care for themselves.

Joining podcast host RCNi CPD editor Nick Lipley are RCNi authors Tracy Smith and Kasia Patynowska, who both work for UK end of life care charity Marie Curie.

Tracy is currently Marie Curie clinical educator for Scotland and Kasia is a Marie Curie research nurse in Northern Ireland.

Supporting person-centred end of life care is the focus of a CPD article, co-authored by Tracy and Kasia with Marie Curie colleagues and published by Primary Health Care.

Publication of the article has been supported by Marie Curie so that it is open access.

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