Palliative Care Professional Development for Critical Care Nurses: A Multicenter Program

Wendy G Anderson¹, Kathleen Puntillo², Jenica Cimino²+25

• ¹Wendy G. Anderson is an associate professor, Jenica Cimino is a clinical research coordinator, David L. O'Riordan is a senior research specialist, and Steven Z. Pantilat is a professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine and Palliative Care Program, University of California, San Francisco, California. Anderson is an associate professor and Kathleen Puntillo is a professor emerita in the Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, San Francisco, California. Janice Noort is a palliative care nurse practitioner, Diana Pearson is a critical care nurse educator, Eric Moore is a palliative care and medical surgical nurse manager, Nathan Fairman is a psychiatry and palliative care physician, John MacMillan is a physician and palliative care medical director, Monica Miller is a critical care nurse, and Laura Nakagawa is a social worker at University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California. Deborah Boyle is an oncology clinical nurse specialist, Michelle Grywalski is a critical care nurse educator, and Solomon Liao is a palliative care physician and service director at University of California, Irvine Health, Orange, California. Jeannette Meyer and Edith O'Neil-Page are palliative care clinical nurse specialists and Christopher Pietras is director of palliative care at University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California. Pietras is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Hospitalist Section/Palliative Care, University of California, Los Angeles, California. Bruce Ferrell is a palliative care physician and medical director at Vitas Hospice, Encino, California. Julia Cain and Heather Herman are palliative care nurse practitioners, William Mitchell is a palliative care physician and service director, Kyle Edmonds is a a palliative care physician, and Kathryn Thornberry is a palliative care social worker at University of California, San Diego Health, San Diego, California. Susan Barbour is a palliative care clinical nurse specialist, Kathleen Turner is a critical care bedside nurse, and Denah Joseph is a chaplain and palliative care service associate director at University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California. Michelle M. Milic is an associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC. wendy.anderson@ucsf.edu.+1