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 ...

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 ...

Nursing homes are under mounting pressure to improve quality of care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last year introduced new quality measures that hold nursing homes accountable for ...

Palliative care education programmes significantly improve district nurses’ ability to deliver end-of-life care, suggests a UK study. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, ...

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 ...

A four-day specialised training workshop was held for physicians and nurses to equip them with essential skills in palliative care. AYAT Education, with the support of Dhaka Bank, in partnership with ...

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 ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Palliative care, specialized medical care focusing on providing relief from the symptoms -- including pain -- and the stress of serious illness, is underutilized in nursing homes, ...