Lantern Model

The Lantern Model

A contemporary model of nursing

Introducing the Lantern Model

The Lantern Model articulates the unique, vital and skilled role of nurses caring for people who are dying or bereaved and, by highlighting their contribution, makes the case for increased investment in their recruitment, development and retention.

The model was created by Heather Richardson and Marie Cooper, two nurses based at St Christopher’s who have articulated a contemporary model of nursing for people dying or bereaved.

Their hope is that this will stimulate thought and conversation about palliative nursing by nurses – who are interested to explore their role and its impact.

Evidence-based

The model is underpinned by a variety of evidence – patient and family views, subjective experience of nurses and a review of the academic literature.

It has been generated through extended discussion and engagement with senior nurses with a broad range of nursing experience at the end of life.

Practice development

It is the basis of a new practice development approach to building compassionate person-centred care being co-designed by hospices, Queen Margaret’s University in Edinburgh and St Christopher’s CARE.

Please see this article on the model in Nursing Times and also an article from Hospice in the Weald on how they are using the model.

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Background to the Lantern Model

The Lantern Model in CARE

The Lantern Model underpins all of our learning for nurses. See below a selection of our current courses that draw on the Lantern Model to shape their content.