Call for members for new Palliative and Hospice Nursing Professional Issues Panel

The American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) are partnering to convene the time-limited Palliative and Hospice Nursing Professional Issues Panel to promote the integration of palliative and hospice care into U.S. healthcare delivery systems. Potential products of this intense professional work effort might include: a relevant joint ANA-HPNA position statement, educational resources or toolkit, or a collection of references identifying nursing’s contributions in palliative and hospice care in today’s US healthcare environment and accompanying framework of necessary changes in nursing practice and education to promote enhanced access and use of palliative and hospice services. The Panel is projected to begin its work by December 2015 and end by September or October 2016.

Panel members selected for the Steering Committee will conduct deliberations via twice-monthly 2-hour telephone and internet-based meetings, possibly supplemented with additional small group conference call activities and writing projects to inform the process. All other applicants will be engaged via contributions and discussions in a dedicated online Community. ANA membership is required. Please access the member application process, including submission of curriculum vitae or resume, here: http://nursingworld.org/PallativeHospiceNursingPanel

Forward any questions to professionalissuespanels@ana.org. Panel member applications will be accepted until midnight on October 30, 2015.