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Improving Hospice Chaplains’ Goals-of-Care Communication

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Hospice chaplains often lack formalized education in fostering goals-of-care discussions with patients and families, he said at the Annual Assembly of Hospice & Palliative Care , an event by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA).

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Using a Hospice Data ‘Toolbox’ to Tune Up Health Equity

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Its important that patients can share both their lived experiences and provide feedback about their clinical encounters, Chambers said during the assembly.

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Transitioning Pediatric Patients Into Adult Palliative Care Programs

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Access to palliative care can help support a patient and their family through several iterations of physical, emotional and financial changes as they enter the adult health care space, he stated.

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Ethical Complexities in Pediatric Hospice Care Delivery

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Many clinicians largely lack exposure to pediatric-specific ethics training throughout the course of their education and careers, Carter said at the Annual Assembly of Hospice & Palliative Care , an event by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA).

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Ep. 47 - HPNA in DC - Advocacy on Capitol Hill

HPNA podcast

where the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) leadership and staff engaged in direct advocacy on Capitol Hill. in English and Communications. Sarah Potter Sarah Potter is the Manager of Advocacy and Health Policy at the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA).

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Wound Debridement: And Other Recommended Reading from AJN’s December Issue

AJN Off the Charts

Palliative Nursing in Home Health Care Across the Lifespan” discusses the key elements and challenges of primary palliative nursing in the home health care setting and offers two case scenarios of patients receiving such care.

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Ep. 45 -  The Heart of a Hospice Nurse

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She is board certified with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is also a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse. She completed a Doctorate of Nursing Practice at the University of Alabama Huntsville.