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The impact of Dame Cicely's vision can still be felt today. Her pioneering approach, emphasis on education and the crucial need for good palliative care to be available around the world can all be seen in the work and outlook of the incredible nurses we're celebrating as part of our 'Pioneering Nurses' initiative.
2020 was the 'Year of the Nurse' and we used it to reach out with nurses around the world, and hear of all of the amazing ways they are developing palliative care where they live.
Read their inspirational stories here.
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Pioneering Nurses
Showcasing 30 pioneering nurses from around the world who demonstrate these attributes and are driving palliative nursing forward to change the experience of people approaching the end of life. They are nurses who are shaping the face of end of life care at a local, national and international level. Where appropriate, we are facilitating any further development they may require to help them achieve even more in the future.
The Lantern Model of Nursing
The Lantern Model, made possible with the support of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and the Burdett Trust for Nursing, articulates the unique, vital and skilled role of nurses caring for people who are dying or bereaved and, by highlighting their contribution, makes the case for increased investment in their recruitment, development and retention.
The model is underpinned by a variety of evidence – patient and family views, subjective experience of nurses and a review of the academic literature. It has been generated through extended discussion and engagement with senior nurses with a broad range of nursing experience at the end of life.