Author(s)

Rui Liu ¹, Hui Ji ¹, Linglin Yue ¹, Jinfeng Wu ¹, Minhui Luo ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Health and Wellness, Panzhihua University, Panzhihua, Sichuan Province, China

Corresponding Author

Hui Ji

ABSTRACT

To conduct a scoping review of hospice nurse specialist training practices in general hospitals at home and abroad, with the aim of providing a reference for the development of hospice nurse specialist training in China. A scoping review research method was used to screen Chinese and English literature published in China Knowledge Network (CNN), Wanfang, Wipro, China Biomedical Literature Database (CBLD), PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases from the time of database construction to 1 March 2025, and to analyse the included literature. A total of 10 pieces of literature were included, and although some progress has been made in the training model, training content, and training effect in this field, there are still problems such as insufficient standardisation of the content of the training model and imperfect evaluation system. In the future, the training model should be refined according to China's national conditions, the systematicity and relevance of the training content should be strengthened, and a unified assessment standard should be established to promote the improvement of the quality of training for hospice nurse specialists in China.

KEYWORDS

General hospitals, palliative care, specialist nurses, training, scope review

CITE THIS PAPER

Rui Liu, Hui Ji, Linglin Yue, Jinfeng Wu, Minhui Luo, Training practices for hospice nurse specialists in general hospitals: a scoping review. Social Medicine and Health Management (2025) Vol. 6: 47-53. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/socmhm.2025.060106.

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