Recommendations to Leverage the Palliative Nursing Role During COVID-19 and Future Public Health Crises

William E Rosa1, Tamryn F Gray, Kimberly Chow

  • 1William E. Rosa, PhD, MBE, ACHPN, FAANP, FAAN, is Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia. Tamryn F. Gray, PhD, RN, is research fellow, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Kimberly Chow, RN, ANP-BC, ACHPN, is nurse practitioner, Supportive Care Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York. Patricia M. Davidson, PhD, RN, FAAN, is dean and professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland. J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, PhD, MSN, MA, ACHPN, FPCN, is assistant professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing; and codirector, Caregiver and Bereavement Support Services, UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care. Viola Karanja, BSN, RN, is deputy executive director, Partners in Health Liberia, Harper. Judy Khanyola, MSc, RCHN, is Chair, Nursing and Midwifery, University of Global Health Equity, Butaro, Rwanda. Julius D. N. Kpoeh, ASN, RN, is senior clinical mentor, Partners in Health Liberia, Harper. Joseph Lusaka, BSc HM, DCM, PA, is clinical manager, Pleebo Health Centre, Liberia. Samuel T. Matula, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC, is lecturer, University of Botswana, Gaborone. Polly Mazanec, PhD, AOCN, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN, is research associate professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Patricia J. Moreland, PhD, CPNP, FAAN, is assistant clinical professor, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Shila Pandey, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, is nurse practitioner, Supportive Care Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York. Amisha Parekh de Campos, PhD, MPH, CHPN, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholar, University of Connecticut, Storrs; quality and education coordinator, Hospice Program, Middlesex Health, Connecticut. Salimah H. Meghani, PhD, MBE, RN, FAAN, is professor and term chair of Palliative Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia.

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