I was a palliative care nurse long before the discipline was formally identified. I always went out of my way to keep my patients' pain under control and their symptoms effectively addressed. In my ...

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 ...

When nurses reported less frequent use of palliative care for their patients, they tended to experience higher levels of moral distress, a study finds. Minimally invasive surgery, telemedicine, ...

Are you considering a change to your career in nursing? Our new series of first-person accounts of what it's like to be a nurse in a nontraditional nursing role might provide inspiration to those ...

As a rapid influx of patients overwhelmed health systems during the coronavirus pandemic, palliative nurses played dual roles supporting patients, patient families, and colleagues. Two researchers at ...

The American Nurses Association and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association are calling on nurses to take the lead on transforming palliative care. The two groups convened a panel in January ...

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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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover end-of-life care and dabble in the culture of medicine. With many in the community supporting the idea of palliative care ...

In the hallways of University Hospital, health care professionals in need of advice on providing palliative care to patients know to turn to nurse practitioner Holli Martinez, FNP-BC, ACHPN, for ...

Jatinder Kaur has held the hands of more people than she can count who have crossed over and passed away. As a palliative nurse she is surrounded by death almost every day. For Ms Kaur it is a ...

When people are faced with their own mortality they experience a variety of emotions and gain perspective on their lives. A palliative care nurse, who works at Old Colony Hospice in Massachusetts, ...