Table 1.

The intervention

Phase	Activities	Method
Preparation	Ward selection	Registration multidisciplinary consultation team
		Literature review
		Consent of 7 ward managers
	Organization	Selection of 14 palliative care nurse champions
		Appointment of a coordinator
		Development and planning network and education programme
Introduction and follow-up	Composition network	Contact coordinator, ward manager and nurse champions on intervention wards
	Meetings	Every month 90 minutes (9 meetings per year)
	Education	Targeted education programme 2 days yearly and at every network meeting
	Mission/champions’ activities	Dissemination of knowledge (lessons, bedside teaching, being a resource)
		Planned activities on each ward
		Promotion of consulting multidisciplinary consultation team on pain and palliative care
		Implementation of problem based care pathways or protocols on wards
		Acting as a role model
	Support	Coaching nurse champions in plans and activities
		Information in organizational journal, information in newsletters
		Discuss compliance with unit managers