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 ...

For many people with cancer and other serious diseases, palliative care is an important element of their journey.

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 ...

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During the Oncology Stakeholder's Summit 2015 hosted by AJMC, healthcare experts discuss the value of introducing palliative and end-of-life care discussions early in oncology care. Palliative care ...

Care coordination is defined as good communication between professionals to enable access to services based on need. Our longitudinal study aimed to explore patients' experience of being in receipt of ...

Palliative Care Team representatives Susan Gibson, Community Palliative Care nurse practitioner; Linda Tanner, CEO of Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care; and Gabriela Dodson, director of clinical services ...

Jennifer Vanden Eykel RN, MSN, Patient Care Manager Clinical Nurse Educator, from Casa de la Luz Hospice will be offering a presentation and Question & Answer session about hospice, palliative care ...

Cornerstone VNA, a local nonprofit provider of high-quality, skilled care at home, is pleased to introduce Kathy Boyd, Community Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner. Since the Palliative Care program ...

Community Hospice & Palliative Care will expand its footprint Jan. 1 by beginning to provide hospice care to residents of an 11-county region of north and north-central Florida, including Palatka, ...

Palliative care can make a huge difference for patients with cancer. Find out if it’s right for you. As science progresses, patients with cancer are gaining access to more therapeutic approaches than ...

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 ...