“Nurses play an essential role in delivering quality end-of-life (EOL) or palliative care to patients. This requires a skill set and knowledge that is specialized. Nurse-patient relationships built upon trust facilitate the patients’ adjustment to their illness, ease pain, and can ultimately lead to good death experiences.” (Cheong)

Table 3. Inductive thematic analysis from the in-depth interviews (Cheong)

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