Editor’s note: The following post, on palliative care in the long term setting, is authored by Mary Ersek and David Stevenson (photos and linked bios above) and by Justine Sefcik, MS, RN, a fourth ...

Future family nurse practitioner Parag Raychoudhury considers her college’s emphasis on palliative care training as essential. “Palliative care isn’t just about death and dying,” she said. “Any ...

Marie Bakitas is a professor and the Marie L. O’Koren Endowed Chair at UAB School of Nursing and associate director, UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care. She is internationally recognized as ...

A lack of end-of-life training may leave certified nurse assistants unprepared to work with patients receiving palliative or hospice care, but nursing homes must do more to cross-train and build their ...

L-R: Sarada Lewis, RN, CHPN, Amy Lebolt, MSW, Julie Hirsch, RN, CHPN, Lynn Rapp, RN, CHPN. Not pictured are Lindsay High, RN, CHPN, Lori Leopold, MSW and Juliana ...

Nursing home residents could greatly benefit from expanded access to palliative care, but providers need more access to standardized tools, staff education and relationships with clinicians to make ...

Diane E. Meier ( [email protected]) is a professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine in the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City. Betty Lim is an assistant professor of geriatrics and ...

Becker, R. (2009) Palliative care 3: Using palliative nursing skills in clinical practice. Nursing Times; 105: 15, early online publication. Implementing a philosophy of care which emphasises quality ...

Although many people don't like to think about death and dying, it will happen eventually. When it does, those who are fortunate enough to have hospice and palliative care nurses caring for them will ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Palliative and Supportive Care (CPSC) has received the designation of University-Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center (UWIRC). The UWIRC is ...

Nurses need a range of skill and competencies to provide high-quality palliative and end-of-life care in different healthcare settings AbstractBecker, R. (2009) Palliative care 2: exploring the skills ...

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