scholarly journals Preparing Advanced Practice Registered Nursing Students to Provide Primary Palliative Care

2020 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Polly Mazanec ◽  
Betty Ferrell ◽  
Pamela Malloy ◽  
Rose Virani ◽  
Carrie Cormack
Author(s):  
Clareen Wiencek ◽  
Alexander Wolf

The advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) brings a unique and essential perspective to the discipline of palliative care—to focus holistically on the patient and family as the unit of care and to combine advanced skills in assessment, diagnosis, and management. These nurses drive team-based care for optimal patient-level and program-level outcomes. This chapter will present a historical overview of the development, regulation, education, and certification of advanced practice registered nursing in general and include evidence supporting the outcomes of APRNs in palliative care and other specialties. This discussion will be aligned with important developments and standards in the discipline of palliative care in which APRNs practice.


2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (12) ◽  
pp. 736-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth K. Kuzma ◽  
Nicole Boucher ◽  
Brittany Gray ◽  
Katie Burmester ◽  
Robert Ploutz-Snyder ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 424-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances E. Crosby ◽  
Joan Dolce Dunn ◽  
Michael D. Fallacaro ◽  
Connie Jozwiak-Shields ◽  
Ann Marie Maclsaac

Author(s):  
Betty R. Ferrell, RN, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN ◽  
Rose Virani, RNC, MHA, FPCN ◽  
Elinor Han, BA ◽  
Polly Mazanec, PhD, ACNP-BC, AOCN, FPCN, FAAN

Numerous organizations have cited the increasing demand for palliative care in oncology and the challenge of a limited workforce to deliver specialty palliative care. Advanced practitioners in oncology can provide generalist or primary palliative care to complement the care provided by specialists and enhance the overall provision of care. This article reports on a National Cancer Institute–funded training program to prepare advanced practice nurses to incorporate palliative care within their practice. One-year follow-up of the first three national cohorts (N = 276) included evaluation of goal achievement as these nurses integrated palliative care within their oncology practice. Goal analysis reported here demonstrates the success of the training program in impacting practice as well as the barriers to implementation efforts. The advanced practice registered nurses’ implemented goals included extensive training of clinicians across disciplines and numerous systems changes to improve delivery of palliative care. Advanced practice nurses will continue to be a valuable source of extending palliative care into oncology care to support patients and families across the disease trajectory.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Bonham ◽  
Erin L. Federspiel ◽  
Benita Randolph ◽  
Dustie L. Barnett

Author(s):  
Linda L. Lindeke ◽  
Melissa Avery ◽  
Kathryn W. White

Author(s):  
Pam Malloy ◽  
Andra Davis

Educating nursing students, clinicians, faculty, and researchers in palliative care is needed tremendously in this era of an aging population and the development of new technological ways of extending the lives of those with complex illness and/or injury. With new evidence-based resources being developed to enhance education, including guidelines, competencies, videos, standards, and procedures, educators have a plethora of materials to promote and disseminate palliative care education. Nurses, who represent the largest healthcare profession in the nation, can only practice and teach what they know. Because nurses spend more time at the bedside and out in the community consulting and providing care to those who are seriously ill and to their families, it is vital they be educated to provide competent and compassionate care to those who are most vulnerable.


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