Includes bibliographical references and index.

Definition of palliative care -- Scope of palliative
nursing practice -- Definition and description -- History
and evolution of palliative nursing -- Ethics -- Current
state of practice -- Palliative nursing competencies and
certifications -- Professional development in palliative
nursing -- Primary nursing practice -- Registered nurse
palliative specialty practice -- Advanced practice
palliative nursing practice -- Palliative nursing
competencies -- Clinical judgment -- Advocacy and ethics -
- Professionalism -- Collaboration -- Systems thinking --
Cultural competence -- Facilitator of learning --
Communication -- Summary -- Standards of palliative
nursing practice -- Standards of practice for palliative
nursing -- Standard 1: assessment -- Standard 2: diagnosis
-- Standard 3: outcomes identification -- Standard 4:
planning -- Standard 5: implementation -- 5 a:
coordination of care -- 5 b: health teaching and health
promotion -- 5 c: consultation -- 5 d: prescriptive
authority and treatment -- Standard 6: evaluation --
Standards of professional performance -- Standard 7:
ethics -- Standard 8: education -- Standard 9: evidence-
based practice and research -- Standard 10: quality of
practice -- Standard 11: communication -- Standard 12:
leadership -- Standard 13: collaboration -- Standard 14:
professional practice evaluation -- Standard 15: resource
utilization -- Standard 16: environmental health --
Hospice and palliative nursing: scope and standards of
practice (2007).