Validation of a New Instrument for Self-Assessment of Nurses’ Core Competencies in Palliative Care

Table 1

Information about participants’ workplace, years since graduation, and years of work experience as nurses.

	𝑁 (%)
Personal contact with patients	106 (87%)
Workplace
Hospital	44 (36%)
Nursing home	27 (22%)
Home service	26 (21%)
Work experience as nurses
Less than 5 years	7 (5.7%)
Between 5 and 10 years	20 (16.4%)
More than 10 but less than 15 years	17 (13.9%)
More than 15 but less than 20 years	30 (24.6%)
More than 20 years	48 (39.3%)