Palliative care refers to the management of severe pain and its effects, communication regarding the purpose of care, the process of individualized value-based treatment, transitional planning, and family support. Intensive care nurses play a crucial role in enhancing the integration of application systems, including family decision-making regarding care objectives. Using a self-administered questionnaire, the purpose of this cross-sectional study is to determine the relationship between nurses' confidence levels and perceived barriers to their involvement in palliative care with their demographic characteristics. The convenience sampling technique was used to collect samples from critical care unit nurses. Descriptive statistics and Chi-square were used for data analysis using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) Version 23.0. Most participants reported confidence in this research where the patients and family received care when needed and could describe palliative care and understand the patient's goal of care and providing emotional support for family and patients. Burnout or loads of work and the task of work are potential stressors for nurses in palliative care. In this case, critical care nurses say that they are unable to attend family meetings and engage in palliative care because they have little time to attend. This study also found a statistically significant association between the demographic characteristics of the participants and the barriers nurses perceived to their involvement in palliative care.
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