Using palliative and end-of-life simulation to enhance pre-licensure nursing students' emotional intelligence, palliative care knowledge and reflective abilities: A single group, pretest-posttest study

The palliative and end-of-life simulation program significantly improved nursing students' emotional intelligence and palliative care knowledge. Further research is needed on developing a reliable tool to measure nursing students' palliative care knowledge. Future simulations should include structured and deliberate reflection features aside from debriefings to enhance reflective abilities, which is an important nursing competency. More research is needed on the effect of palliative and end-of-life care simulations on emotional intelligence and reflective abilities, and the influence of demographic variables on nursing students' outcomes.