The Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Palliative Care Externship: A Model for Primary Palliative Care Education

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 753-759

  Dahlin, Constance ^a,c   Coyne, Patrick J ^b,d   Cassel, J Brian ^e  

^a Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association   (United States)

^b Center to Advance Palliative Care   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COURSE EVALUATION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PALLIATIVE NURSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTERED NURSE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TERMINAL CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84976625153     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0491     Document Type: Article

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