Founders, Leaders and Futurists in Palliative Care: Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, RN, CHPN, FPCN, FAAN by Palliative Care Chat - University of MD Baltimore published on 2021-08-02T21:35:47Z Trained as a nurse and focused on research, Dr. Ferrell has led cancer nursing, pain management, and nursing education in end of life care. She helped create the nursing agenda for ensuring nursing has the skills to care for individuals with serious illness in the creation of the ELNEC project. She has mentored and educated nurses internationally as well as written books, and numerous, chapters, and articles. She was co-editor of five editions of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing.