Volume 2 Issue 2
April 2009
Acute Pulse
Copyright 2007 NPR
An Update From Acute Nursing Care Department Chair, Carol Reineck, PhD, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC
I N S I D E
T H I S
I S S U E :
Message from Chair
1
Special Program News
2
M e s s a g e
f r o m
t h e
C h a i r
What is our science? I‟ve been thinking about this question. Dean Breslin suggested that the answer will be helpful to shape the future of our department
as a key element of the school. It occurred to me that the answer will also help us
answer the two piercing questions the late Peter Drucker suggested that every
business should ask themselves -“What is our business?” and “How’s business?”
Education and Professional
Development
3 & 13
Features
3
What is our business?
News Notes
4 -5
Upcoming Conferences
5
Faculty in the Acute Nursing Care Department teach, discover, and serve/
practice in several areas of science. In general, our collective area of expertise is
mainly care of adult patients in acute settings. But, drilling down, our department
faculty have developed an exceptionally broad range of expertise in these substantive areas (among others), arranged alphabetically.
Advanced nursing practice in emergency, med-surg, rehabilitation, and critical
care;
Information Center
6
Faculty to Faculty
7
Travels
8
News From
ANC Courses
9
News From the
ANC Administrator
10
More News
10
Message From The Chair, cont
11 - 12
Advanced pathophysiology and pharmacology
Business planning
Caregiving
Complementary and alternative therapies
Complex adaptive systems
Cancer nursing
Critical care nursing
Curriculum and instruction
Death & dying
(cont. page 11)
Acute Pulse Managing Editor: Cecelia Dornfield
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PROGRAM
NEWS
By Dr. Paula Clutter
Clinical Nurse Leader Site Visit
Dr. Mickey Parsons did an outstanding job organizing the March 5, 2009, Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) site visit to
St. Lucie Medical Center in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
The following key leaders representing four major hospital systems and 16 San Antonio area hospitals participated
in the CNL site visit:
Katherine Bullard, MS, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Executive, Christus Santa Rosa Health Care
Clarice Golightly Jenkins, PhD, MSN, RN, CNS, Vice President for Education and Research, Methodist Healthcare System
Sarah Humme, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Senior Director of Nursing Clinical Excellence, Methodist Healthcare System
Nancy Ray, MA, RN, Associate Administrator and Chief Nursing Officer, University Health System
Jana Stonestreet, PhD, RN, Chief Nursing Executive, Baptist Health System
Dana Espinoza, a graduate student at the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing Administration in Community & Health Care Systems in Nursing Program and Director, Professional Practice for St.
Luke‟s Baptist Medical Center, and Dr. Paula Clutter, Department of Acute Nursing Care faculty, also participated
in the CNL site visit.
Nancy Hilton, the Chief Nursing Officer at St. Lucie Medical Center, along with her CNL staff provided informative
presentations regarding the CNL role at St. Lucie Medical Center. Tours of the hospital units employing CNLs
were provided as well as a panel discussion on the CNL impact on staff and the unit manager. Dr. Rose Sherman,
Director of the Nursing Leadership Institute at Florida Atlantic University, shared lessons learned with the CNL project launched at Florida Atlantic University with six official hospital partners. The CNL site visit was a huge success
and the valuable information will be used as we continue to develop the curriculum and collaborate with our community partners.
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Dr. Kathleen Stevens- Interprofessional Prevention Education: Medrano M, Young V, Colver J, Stevens
K, Herbold J, Rubin M, Parekh A, Bullock D, Patterson J. „Interprofessional Education in the HIV/AIDS
Clinic: Improving Communication and Medication Reconciliation.‟ Poster Presentation at the Teaching Prevention 2009, the Annual Meeting of the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research Feb 11-14,
2009.
Dr. Larry Johnson, FACHE, who teaches a section of NURS 5226 The Nurse's Role in Financial Planning
in Healthcare Organizations, has recently been selected to join the U.S. Army-Baylor University Program in
Health Care Administration at Fort Sam Houston. This program is among the best MHA programs in the
nation. Dr. Johnson will continue his position as a Faculty Associate in the Acute Nursing Care Department.
FACHE stands for Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Dr. Johnson is among the first
non-nurses to teach in the Department of Acute Nursing Care, and brings a wealth of knowledge in healthcare financial management and executive practice to this core course in our MSN program. Congratulations, Dr. Johnson!
Dr. Nancy Girard published a chapter in a textbook which was awarded an AJN Book of the Year Award for
2008! Girard, N. (2008). Clients Having Surgery: Promoting positive outcomes. Ch. 18.
Two SoN graduate students, under faculty supervision (Dr. Lehman), have a published article in the Pharmacology Update (April 2009) entitled, “Novel Drug Delivery Systems: Future Directions. The article will be
available in the ANC office April 27-May 1st.
(cont. page 13)
Features
Paula Gray, MSN, RN, CNS, COHN-S, GNP-BC. Paula joined the 3802 team this Spring as clinical instructor.
Catherine White, RN, MSN, CNS joined the 4410 team this Spring and will teach with both 4410 and
4614 teams in Fall 2009, as clinical instructor.
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NOTES
Delta Alpha At-Large Chapter
Sigma Theta Tau International
Induction Ceremony
Spring 2009
The officers and members of Delta Alpha At-Large Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society for Nursing extended an invitation to the faculty of the School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio to attend the Spring 2009 Sigma Theta Tau Induction Ceremony held on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM on the campus of the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW).
The Induction Ceremony was held in the Marian Hall Ball Room.
The following UTHSCSA SON students were inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International on April 16 th.
Graduate Students:
Jonatchick, Jim W.
Wade, Dusty
Holder, Samantha Lynn
Alteza, Antonieta
Lopez, Lisa
Wascher, Edee Renee
Glover, Patricia Mirales
Apodaca, Trenton Carlos
Lopez, Melissa
White, Melinda S.
Gonzales, Amithy Lee
Beebe, Nancy Diane
Lopez-Saldana, Anita J.
Schindler-Wooley, Beverly
Lara, Julie Dawn
Bjerk, Jessica A.
Madrid, Rodolfo
Yanelli, Maria M.
Pedraza, Maria Del
Boudreaux, Allan Joseph
Magana, Yolanda M.
Brogden, Gregory J.
Martinez, Juan
Campana, Sarah M.
Menchaca, Jr., Arturo
Cantu, Deborah Ann
Murray, Sarah Jean
Cantu, Maritza T.
Murray, William O.
Carvalho, Clarissa
Osarumwense, Joyce
Undergraduate Students:
Slaydon, Richard Lawrence
Motal, Erin Nicole
Bordes, Melissa Ann
Rodriquez, Rebecca Irene
Crespan, Sarah Jean
Gealogo, Gretchel A.
Adikson, Alicia Rose
Devereaux, Jessica Lynn
Shaw, Lauren Allison
Edmundson, Joanna C.
Abodakpi, Mildred Ama
Chaffin, Dolly Kay
Patenaude, Kim Marie
Collins, Jennifer Mittler
Plunkett-Yancich, Tiffany
Cooley, Elizabeth Ann
Ramsey, Christina E.
Woytek (Weinheimer),
Kristina
Deleon, Alyssa C.
Espinoza, Dana C.
Righettini, Tamara L.
Kidwell, Angela Marie
Heckendom, Ashley Elizabeth
Farias, Natalia
Rios, Denise M.
Smith, Shalaine Carole
Padilla, Albert
Flores-Vela, Alma R.
Rios, Guadalupe R.
Dodgen, Crisann Faith
Tonge, Lakeatta Evette
Garcia, Adrienne Renee
Rodgers, April Elizabeth
Engel, Julie Elizabeth
Ricondo, Leanne Marie
Garza, Diana A.
Fuller, Michele Marie
Sposato, Amanda Rae
Barboza, Allison
Gomez, Beatriz H.
Seoanes, Esther Myriam
Lindsey, Gregory Ronald
Buck, David P.
Gonzales, Pamela P.
Stakley, Jami Ann
Hayden, Stacey Marie
De Hoyos, Yadira S.
Gonzalez, Dina
Sweat, Marcie J.
Schuchart, Heidi Kaye
Garcia, Maria G.
Griffy, Lara Elizabeth
Trachsel, Janie W.
Montes, Anita
Renteria, Suzanna
Grinnell, Petra
Tubera, Darlene Dimaano
Beitelshees, Kimberly K.
Smith, Keith Emry
Grinnell, Ralph Eugene
Vadakapurapu, Jyothimayee
Kuri, Denise R.
Castillo, Esmeralda
Ledezma, Adrianna
Malcolm, Rose Teresa
Finsley, Ashley Nicole
Hoyt, Angela Nicole
Thurston, Rebecca J.
Rojas, Adriana
If you have any questions with regard to your local Sigma Theta Tau Chapter, please
do not hesitate in contacting your UTHSCSA School of Nursing Delta Alpha At-Large
Chapter Counselors: Lark A. Ford ([email protected] or Carol Deresz
([email protected]).
Kane, Rhonda Jean
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It is with mixed emotions that we announce the retirement of Paula Blackwell, effective 3/1/09. Paula
retired after 19 years of dedicated service at the UTHSCSA. She began her career in 1990 as the laboratory supervisor of organ procurement in the transplant department at the UTHSCSA. She spent 11 years
there and thoroughly enjoyed the work she did in organ transplant and continues today to be a part of
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI). For the past eight years she has
successfully managed and run Dr. Sharon Lewis'
laboratory, performing immune assays and assisting caregivers in learning stress management techniques. We will miss Paula, but wish her much happiness as she begins her new journey in life.
Congratulations Paula, on all your hard work.
P.S. Paula is back!!
We are pleased to announce that Paula Blackwell, Sr. Research Assistant, is returning from retirement to work part-time for Sharon Lewis beginning April 27, 2009 through the end of December. Welcome back Paula!
UPCOMING
CONFERENCES
Conference information is located in the ANC office inside the “Conference Information” accordion
file.
MAY
DAY
18
Immediate Response: Essential Skills for Urgent Clinical Situations, Seattle, WA.
JUNE
3-4, 10-11
Grantsmanship Practicum (Carrie Braden), San Antonio, TX
17-18, 24-25
14-17 ANI: The Healthcare Finance Conference, Seattle, WA.
26-27 Emerging Technologies In Nursing Education, La Jolla, CA
JULY
1
Grantsmanship Practicum (Carrie Braden), San Antonio, TX
9-11
Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice, San Antonio, TX.
16
Prescribing Scheduled Drugs: Honing Your Skills, Seattle, WA.
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INFORMATION
CENTER
Health Observance and Recognition Days
MAY
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. http://www.aafa.org/ and http://www.aanma.org/
National Arthritis Month. http://www.arthritis.org/
National High Blood Pressure Education Month. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
National Stroke Awareness Month. http://www.stroke.org/site/PageNavigator/HOME
DAY
10 Mother‟s Day. http://www.mothersdayworld.com/
21
Faculty Recognition Breakfast. 8:30am-10:00am. Hurd Auditorium.
WEEK
4
San Antonio and School of Nursing celebration of National Nurses Week
6-12
National Nurses Week. http://www.nursingworld.org/
JUNE
DAY
7
National Cancer Survivors Day. http://www.ncsdf.org/
14
World Blood Donor Day. http://www.wbdd.org/index.php?id=2
21
Father’s Day. http://www.loveyoufather.com/when-is-fathers-day.html
WEEK
15-21
National Men‟s Health Week. http://www.menshealthmonth.org/week/
Please provide Dr. Reineck any information/ideas that you may want to have
published in the August issue of the Acute Pulse no later than August 1,
2009
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Faculty
to
Faculty
e-CV Short Article
By Dr. Barbara Owens
Some things you have to do like paying taxes and die.
The Ecv is in that category if you work in the SON.
Sooner or later it will catch up to you and you have to do it.
I have had a love hate relationship with ecv and now it is at a draw, I do not love it but have moved
away from hating it to the neutral zone.
I was employed here when ecv first arrived and thought it was a program that I could just go into and
work like I had my previous cv, which was not extensive, but growing since I was an energetic doctoral student just finishing and had many presentations and poster presentations to talk about at
conferences for STT, WIN, SNRS, ONS, and national , regionally, and locally invited speaker for a
variety of oncology related topics as a new PhD prepared nurse. Also, I began teaching and supporting the teaching efforts of the SON by helping out at preceptor conferences, student advisement,
student interviews, and committees in addition to service activities at the CTRC. All of this.
So I opened ecv, with the helpful instructions of Paul. And looked at the „fields‟ they looked like
rocky, mountains covered with briars and cactus more than fields of grass and flowers, so I ran the
other way screaming. Then something came up, like probably my annual review, and I had to produce an ecv. The services of the administrative assists was offered so I asked them nicely , with a
form for service filled out of course, to enter a stack of activities. This was dutifully done and the ecv
on file and I gleaned out the parts that I had done in the year previously for my annual review. Then
it was time for COGS application. This brought the shameful state of my ecv smack dab to my attention. Next year I worked to make improvements as suggested and the results were more favorable.
This brings me to the latest iteration of my ecv. I put my name in the works for a promotion, which is
a lengthy process that uses ecv all the way. I met with Dr. Reineck briefly last fall and she made
more suggestions for improvement of the ecv. Then the P & T committee of the SON gave all of the
brave souls going for promotion and/or tenure a free lunch and another discussion on the process
with reference to ecv and its role to support your case for promotion. And last but not least, John
Littlefield and the ACET committee has made a special version for us to save ecv information in a
format just for promotion. Here‟s hoping….
https://ecv.uthscsa.edu/scripts/nx.dll/nx3.nx.dll?nxappid=DCV&nxmid=start
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Travels
FEBRUARY
DAY
4-7
Ms. Kathleen Reeves
AMSN Board of Directors Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL
5-6
Ms. Janis Rice
UT Academy of Health Services Education 5th Annual Conference, Austin, TX
5-6
Ms. Jennie Shaw
Simulation Conference, Austin, TX
9
Dr. Mary Heye
CNAP Legislative Day & Seminar, Austin, TX
10-14
Dr. Lyda Arevalo
2009 SNRS Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD
11-14
Dr. Paula Clutter
AACN Faculty Development Conference, Savannah, GA
MARCH
1-4
Dr. Brenda Jackson
LSH Health Science Center School of Nursing, Austin, TX
2-6
Dr. Mickey Parsons
Magnet Hospital Research Study, Miami, FL
3-6
Dr. Carol Reineck
Estimating Individual Readiness-DRDC, Toronto, Canada
4-6
Dr. Paula Clutter
CNL Executive Meeting, Port St. Lucie, FL
4-7
Dr. Mary Heye
*NACNS National Conference, St. Louis, MO
7-11
Dr. Kathleen Stevens
Research Conference, Greeley, CO
8-11
Dr. Carol Reineck
NCSBN, Chicago, IL
20-22
Dr. Cheryl Lehman
ARN Board Meeting, New Orleans, LA
APRIL
2-5
Dr. Sharon Lewis
Association of Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback Society meeting,
Albuquerque, NM
15-19
Dr. Carol Reineck &
AONE 42nd Annual Meeting & Exposition, San Antonio, TX
Dr. Mickey Parsons
20-23
Ms. Vicky Dittmar
National Cancer Institute Train The Trainer Program, Oklahoma City, OK
20-23
Dr. Barbara Owens
ELNEC CORE Train The Trainer Program, Oklahoma City, OK
*see brief summary below
By Dr. Mary Heye
I attended the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists National Conference and Preconference
March 4-7, 2009 in St. Louis, MO. I have the Proceedings book and CD of the presentations if anyone is
interested in reviewing these. The theme of the conference was Vision, Value, and Voice and the keynote
addressed the future of health care and the recession‟s impact on capital allocation and acquisition and
hospitals. She reassured us that communication (by telemedicine or electronic health record etc.), pay for
performance, staff competencies, nurse-sensitive outcomes and patient satisfaction remained key areas
in health care industry restructuring in this economic down turn.
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Beverly Wheeler, 4614 Clinical Instructor, asker her clinical students to write about a patient they
had in nursing school that made them realize they had chosen the right profession. Although all of
her students stories were outstanding, we selected one to feature in the Acute Pulse. This is the
second student of Ms. Wheeler‟s to be featured n the Pulse.
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FROM
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ADMINISTRATOR
Please mark your calendars for Friday, May 22nd, 11am-1pm for our final department meeting of
the semester.
Subscriptions: In order to be reimbursed for initial/renewal memberships/subscriptions, you must
present a printed copy (to the ANC office) of the actual form that states the name of the organization and that also indicates the dollar amount and what is being ordered/renewed. This would
be the form that you complete when applying for membership or subscriptions.
MORE
NEWS
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
SCHOOL OF NURSING
APRIL 2009
Teaching Assistant Opportunities
Available for Fall Semester 2009 – Apply NOW!
Teaching Assistants in the School of Nursing are graduate students who assist nursing faculty with the delivery
of nursing courses. TAs work under the supervision of a course instructor. Those who held TA positions report that it is an exceptional experience! Several opportunities for employment are available for FALL 2009.
Department of Acute Nursing Care
Positions 1, 2 & 3: Teaching Assistant NURS 3802 (Semester 1, The Nature of Health Transitions). Tuesday and/or Wednesday
and possibly weekends.
Position 4: Teaching Assistant NURS 4614 (Semester 4, Nursing Clients with Major Health Problems). Monday/Tuesday OR
Tuesday/Wednesday
Position 5: Teaching Assistant NURS 4410 (Semester 3, Leadership and Management). 3 clinical days per week x 3 weeks near
end of semester.
Point of Contact: Paul Summers, Administrator, Department of Acute Nursing Care, 567-5889.
Department of Chronic Nursing Care: To be Announced.
Point of Contact: Laura Zischke, Administrator, Department of Chronic Nursing Care, 567-3610
Department of Family Nursing Care
Positions 1 & 2: Teaching Assistant NURS 4435 Childrearing (Semester 3)
Positions 3 & 4: Teaching Assistant NURS 4425 Childbearing (Semester 3)
Position 5: Teaching Assistant NURS 3520 Mental Health Transitions (Sem 2)
Point of Contact: Patrick Lazenby, Administrator, Department of Family Nursing Care, 567-7087.
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(Message from the Chair, cont from page 1)
Dimensional analysis
Elder care;
Ethics;
Evidence-based practice
Financial management
Fundamentals of nursing care;
Gerontolological nursing education and practice
Healthy practice environments
Human patient simulation;
Human subject‟s protection and institutional review
Implementation science
Innovations
International nursing
Leadership, management, regulation, and policy
Living with cancer
Medical-surgical nursing
Mentoring
Nursing care in major health transitions
Nursing care in austere environments
Pain management
Palliative care
Professional Development
Quality and safety
Research education for clinical nurses
Roles of the teacher
Scholarly writing
Spirituality
Theory
Translational science
Finding the common thread in the above listing is a challenge, but not impossible. If a marketing firm
asked me to boil the above down into a single phrase, I might suggest, “leading, teaching, understanding, and
improving the art, science, and business of safely caring for adults in health, illness, and end of life settings.” I
am sure you can help me improve on that synthesis.
So – if the above synthesis is at least close to being what our business is, the second question remains.
That is, “How‟s business?” It used to be that productivity (quantity of work) was a key measure in business.
However, nurse futurist Tim Porter-O‟Grady suggests that productivity is being eclipsed in business by the new
quest for value. What difference are we making in the lives of others? How are we making lives better?
(cont. page 12)
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(Message from the Chair, cont from page 11)
How‟s business with respect to how we are adding value?
As a faculty, we conveyed the above content in classroom, clinical, community, and online setting -- shaping the understanding of hundreds of undergraduate and graduate and doctoral students. We disseminated our
research and expertise at local, regional, national, and international meetings including SNRS, ICN, STTI, AMSUS,
ARN, AACN (west), AMSN, AACN (east), AONE, ONS, NACNS, NAHN, NTI, Summer Institute on EBP, Texas
BoN, and Texas DSHS, to name a few.
Faculty members are collaborating on an interprofessional basis with faculty in medicine, health professions, dentistry, and health care executive practice, resulting in a holistic appreciation of the complexity of our content areas. As a group, faculty members are teaching or practicing in every major federal, state, and private health
care system in the San Antonio metropolitan area, resulting in keen awareness of current trends, issues, and technologies.
How‟s business with respect to department financial condition? Dean Breslin asked chairs to develop a
zero-based budget. As you know, this means starting from scratch. What faculty and staff resources do we need
to most effectively and efficiently fulfill our teaching, research, and service/practice missions? Within our finite resources from the state and other sources, how can we best array our faculty and staff complement? What can we
no longer afford? What adds value? These are questions that I seek your help to answer.
As we begin to think about the next academic year 2009-2010, it‟s a good time to look back at the value
added this past year. You, as a faculty, have added great value to the health of our community. You built new undergraduate and graduate curricula for the future – no easy task! You sustained quality clinical and didactic teaching for large undergraduate classes. You engaged the graduate students in greater understanding of their roles.
You helped shape the vision, values, and mission for the school. You prepared your portfolios and sought promotion through the P&T process. You wrote and submitted grant applications, on many of which we await word.
These contributions add value and make a difference! Thank you for all you do.
On a final note, we say farewell this spring to several of our faculty. Ms. Judi Trotti, on faculty since 1992,
will depart after teaching one final summer CNS course. Ms. Cheryl Staats, on faculty since 1989, will depart after
teaching her highly acclaimed summer courses. Dr. Cathy Robichaux will retire at the end of May and transition to
Faculty Associate, in order to spend more time with her husband in his retirement. Ms. Ada Tapper whose husband will be deployed, will also be departing.
Thank you sincerely for your service and best wishes in your transitions.
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(cont. from pg. 3)
By Dr. Barbara Owens
“End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium”
Dr. Barbara Owens and Victoria Dittmar, MSN, RN, CNE, have recently attended a national
ELNEC-Core “Train the Trainers” course. This two day course on end-of-life care was held in
Oklahoma City. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the City of Hope
(COH) had originally received a 3 ½ year grant (2000-2003) from the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation to develop and help implement End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNECCore). This program entitled ELNEC-Core is for nurses who provide/conduct continuing education courses in specialty areas such as oncology, hospice, nurse educators and continuing education providers. This project is led by Betty R. Ferrell, RN, PhD, FAAN (COH) as the principal
investigator.
Dr. Barbara Owens and Victoria Dittmar were two of 94 nurses from across the United States
to attend this training program. The principal goal of the training program is to provide nursing
continuing education providers with information on end-of-life/palliative care and resources to
integrate end-of-life/palliative care content into their inservice programs or courses. Course
content was presented in several participatory formats including lecture, open forum discussion, small group activities, and training sessions.
The training program was conducted by a distinguished faculty of researchers, educators, authors, and leaders in the field of palliative care. Topic areas included nursing care at the end of
life; pain and symptom assessment and management; cultural considerations; ethical issues;
communication; loss, grief and bereavement; preparation for and care at the time of death; and
achieving quality care at the end of life.