As breaking bad news is a process, a wider range of health care professionals, including nurses in this process (Pereira et al., 2013). Furthermore, nurses are involved in many supportive activities around breaking bad news as: evaluating needs for information, identifying and correcting misunderstanding, initiating discussion, obtaining and explaining complicated medical information and helping patients and relatives to cope with their emotional reactions. So, they are described as, "practical mangers" of the events which follow breaking bad news, and also clarify medical information for patients and their families. Thus, nurses have a key part to play in the process of breaking bad news (Warnock et al., 2010; Pereira et al.,
As breaking bad news is a process, a wider range of health care professionals, including nurses in this process (Pereira et al., 2013). Furthermore, nurses are involved in many supportive activities around breaking bad news as: evaluating needs for information, identifying and correcting misunderstanding, initiating discussion, obtaining and explaining complicated medical information and helping patients and relatives to cope with their emotional reactions. So, they are described as, "practical mangers" of the events which follow breaking bad news, and also clarify medical information for patients and their families. Thus, nurses have a key part to play in the process of breaking bad news (Warnock et al., 2010; Pereira et al.,