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 ...

Jane Turner, from charity Sue Ryder, explains why nurse training in palliative and end-of-life care is so important and how it benefits all.

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 ...

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 ...

Specialist palliative-care nurses ensure that patients receive timely, appropriate treatment, but there is a lack of trained professionals, says Pregamol Rutchanagul, dean of the Faculty of Nursing at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing alumnus Darrell Owens, DNP, palliative care means more than providing specialized care for patients with life-threatening illnesses. It ...

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 ...

Nurses new to adult palliative care – in any setting – soon discover that steroids are frequently prescribed, often for a bewilderingly wide range of indications and despite limited supportive ...