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Table 1 AdKinPal program for palliative care nurses

From: Effect of an educational intervention on nurses’ competence in activities of daily living support in end-of-life care using a pretest–posttest repeated measures design

Component of the intervention

Thematic workshops (theme of the month)

Workbooks and small note cards

Inputs during daily care

Content/

Procedure

Mindfulness movement

Quality of the interaction of touch and movement

Body awareness: Experience of characteristics and functions of body structure

Recognition of movement possibilities

Positioning support and arrangement of the environment

Movement till the last breath

Workbooks and small note cards that could be tucked into the nurses’ work clothes for individual study and reflective practice. For example, they included reflective questions about the theme of the month.

Individual coaching for nurses:

Kinaesthetics trainers accompanied the nurses during daily care situations and supported reflective practice.

Frequency

1 per month over 6 months

1 per month over 6 months

1 per month over 6 months

Length

2 h

varied per person

4–6 h