Recommendations for Specialty Palliative APRN Graduate Education

Constance Dahlin; Dorothy Wholihan; Clareen Wiencek; Kristi A. Acker; Susan Breakwell; Penelope Buschman; Carrie L. Cormack; Susan DeSanto-Madaya; Caroline Doherty; Rebecca Edwards; Nancy English; Regina M. Fink; Ami K. Goodnough; Kathleen Lindell; Polly Mazanec; Marlene E. McHugh; Ellen P. Moore; Jennifer A. Obrecht; Patricia Pawlow; Marianne Johnstone-Petty; Linda Quinlin; E. Tresgallo

doi:10.1097/NNE.0000000000001749

Recommendations for Specialty Palliative APRN Graduate Education

Constance Dahlin, Dorothy Wholihan, Clareen Wiencek, Kristi A. Acker, Susan Breakwell, Penelope Buschman, Carrie L. Cormack, Susan DeSanto-Madaya, Caroline Doherty, Rebecca Edwards, Nancy English, Regina M. Fink, Ami K. Goodnough, Kathleen Lindell, Polly Mazanec, Marlene E. McHugh, Ellen P. Moore, Jennifer A. Obrecht, Patricia Pawlow, Marianne Johnstone-PettyLinda Quinlin, E. Tresgallo

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Background: Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) are essential to care for the growing number of individuals with advanced illness given the shortage of palliative care clinicians. Problem: Graduate education for specialty practice palliative APRNs lacks consistency in structure, content, and standardization of specialty palliative APRN education. Approach: A workgroup of expert palliative APRNs and graduate faculty conducted focused discussions and a literature review to develop consensus recommendations based on national palliative APRN competencies and aligned with the 8 core concepts of the AACN Essentials. Outcome: Recommendations include: (a) definition of core concepts; (b) associated skills; (c) andragogical approaches; (d) evaluation methods; and (e) references for curricular development. Conclusion: The Recommendations for Specialty Palliative APRN Education is a first step toward the standardization of quality advanced practice specialty palliative nursing education. These recommendations provide the foundation for a comprehensive curriculum for palliative APRNs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	E63-E67
Journal	Nurse Educator
Volume	50
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001749
State	Published - Mar 1 2025

Keywords

curriculum
graduate nursing education
hospice and palliative care nursing
nurse practitioner

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Nursing
Education
Fundamentals and skills
LPN and LVN

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Dahlin, C., Wholihan, D., Wiencek, C., Acker, K. A., Breakwell, S., Buschman, P., Cormack, C. L., DeSanto-Madaya, S., Doherty, C., Edwards, R., English, N., Fink, R. M., Goodnough, A. K., Lindell, K., Mazanec, P., McHugh, M. E., Moore, E. P., Obrecht, J. A., Pawlow, P., ... Tresgallo, E. (2025). Recommendations for Specialty Palliative APRN Graduate Education. Nurse Educator, 50(2), E63-E67. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001749

Dahlin, C, Wholihan, D, Wiencek, C, Acker, KA, Breakwell, S, Buschman, P, Cormack, CL, DeSanto-Madaya, S, Doherty, C, Edwards, R, English, N, Fink, RM, Goodnough, AK, Lindell, K, Mazanec, P, McHugh, ME, Moore, EP, Obrecht, JA, Pawlow, P, Johnstone-Petty, M, Quinlin, L & Tresgallo, E 2025, 'Recommendations for Specialty Palliative APRN Graduate Education', Nurse Educator, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. E63-E67. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001749

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