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Table 6 The reasons for low consensus and competency areas

From: Towards a set of competencies in palliative care nursing in Spain: what’s getting in the way of consensus?

Reason for low consensus

Competency area

Theme

Subtheme

Ethics and law

Delivery and management of care

Professional development

Number of examples

1. Rejection of standardised nursing language (SNL)

1.1 Low use of SNL in practice

1.2 Divergence between theory and practice

1.3 Little usefulness of SNL in practice

-

44

-

2 Context

2.1 Health policies and institutional strategic plans

2.2. The scarce presence of nurses in management positions

2.3. Multidisciplinarity

-

26

10

3 Specificity

 

27

-

2

4 Complexity

 

15

1

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