Promoting Health Equity: Palliative Nurses on the Frontlines

Description: This article frames the role of palliative care nurses in promoting health equity in the context the future of nursing report. It provides strategies to help palliative nurses provide more equitable palliative care.

AACN Domains: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; Social Determinants of Health

Format: Article

Audience: Associates Level; Baccalaureate Level; Graduate Level; Practicing Nurses; Nursing Faculty

Cost: Available from the Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing

Citation: Dahlin, Constance MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN; DePace, Nicole MS, GNP-BC, APRN, ACHPN; Ford, Jeanna DNP, ACNS-BC, APRN, ACHPN, FPCN; Maani-Fogelman, Patricia DNP, FNP-BC, CRNP, ACHPN; Chow, Kimberly DNP, MBA, ANP-BC, ACHPN. Promoting Health Equity: Palliative Nurses on the Frontlines. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing 24(4):p 218-224, August 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000864

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