| Summary: | Objective: To identify the knowledge of final year undergraduate nursing students on the topic of palliative care.
Methods: This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted with 50 final-year undergraduate nursing students at
a public university from September to October 2021. The questionnaire was made available to the participants through
Google Forms. Mann Whitney’s U test was performed to compare the median number of correct answers. Results: The
mean age was 23.26 years, and the majority was female (88%). Most participants (78%) had some contact with the
theme palliative care in their undergraduate course. However, 88% believe they have not aggregated enough knowledge
and 64% do not consider themselves able to provide palliative care. Conclusions: Although most students know the
concept of palliative care and its goals, there is a lack of specific knowledge about the topic.
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