DISCUSSION
This is the first study of its kind conducted in Palestine. Literature review does not indicate any comprehensive
study for palliative care knowledge targeting nurses practices anywhere in our country. Nurses are the most
important first contacts of patients.
It is necessary to first establish nurses’ baseline knowledge and beliefs so that relevant educational
programs can be initiated. Assessing nursing knowledge is also important because knowledge plays a causal role
in attitude or behavioral consistency (Fabrigar, Petty, Smith, & Crites, 2006). In this study the description of
knowledge scores have shown that 20.8 % had good knowledge, about palliative care. To the contrary this study
finding in (Kassa at al, 2014). showed that 30.5% of nurses had as good knowledge; However, (Budkaew and