Palliative and end-of-life care: Using a standardized patient family for gerontological nurse practitioner students

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 168-172

  Shawler, Celeste ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nursing; End of life care; Geriatric advance practice nurse; Palliative care; Standardized patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052423636     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5480/1536-5026-32.3.168     Document Type: Article

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