The talk nurses don't talk about enough: Death and dying

02/17/25 at 03:00 AM

The talk nurses don't talk about enough: Death and dying 
Nurse.org - Nurse Converse podcast; by "Courtney" DNP, APRN, AGNP-C; 2/11/25 
... Nursing and medical curricula extensively cover subjects such as pathophysiology, pharmacology, and anatomy, yet they often fail to provide structured training on effective communication regarding death and dying. In the podcast, the hosts recall their own educational experiences, noting that they were not equipped with the tools or frameworks necessary to engage in these sensitive discussions. One telling example from a medical course on difficult conversations revealed that when students were asked if they had received any training on the subject, not a single hand was raised. 

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