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Overview:
Hospice nurses care for the physical and emotional needs of
dying patients and their significant others. Interventions
may include pain management, palliative care, symptom management
and emotional support.
Typical
venues: hospices, home health, hospitals, long-term care
facilities
Education:
active RN licensure
Certification
available:
National
Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses
Medical
Center East, Suite 375
211
North Whitefield St.
Pittsburgh,
Pa. 15206-3031
Phone:
(412) 361-2470
Fax:
(412) 361-2425
http://www.hpna.org/NBCHPN/
Job
outlook: Nursing as a whole will be
one of the top 10 fastest growing professions in the United
States in the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
Opportunities:
chance to practice holistic nursing
Challenges:
dealing with the deaths of all your
patients
For
more information:
Hospice
and Palliative Nursing Association
Penn Center
West One, Suite 229
Pittsburgh,
Pa. 15276
Phone:
(412) 787-9301
Fax: (412)
787-9305
www.hpna.org
Related
features on the NurseWeek Web site:
Hospice,
palliative nurses ease pain at end of life
http://www.nurseweek.com/news/features/00-11/pain.asp
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order and online continuing education courses http://www.nurseweek.com/career/
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