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Participants reflected on the shift in mindset with palliative care originally seen as outside their scope of practice to a care pathway and now being integral to their role. This was underpinned by the provision of specific training, sharing of practice and growing exposure to clinical practice across settings which facilitated this process.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Heart failure nurses are in a unique position to provide palliative care for their patients, but they highlight that current palliative care provision fails to meet the specific needs of patients with heart failure at a systems level. Palliative care services are inconsistent across and within systems and professions which is attributed to both a lack of resources and a lack of understanding. 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