In 2010, forgoing curative therapies were removed as a hospice eligibility criterion for
children through section 2302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act called …

Recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses have reported positive benefit of
multicomponent “bundled” palliative care interventions for patients and family caregivers …

The provision of safe and effective nursing care to children is dependent upon pediatric
nurse scientists creating knowledge that guides and directs day-to-day nursing practice …

Context Various contextual factors surrounding hospice care have reinforced the need for
scholars to pursue practice-relevant research questions. Although priority-setting is a …

Background: A 2012 systematic review by Oliver et al. of evidence-based research on
telehospice included 26 research articles published between 2000 and 2010 on the use of …

Background: Nursing science is heavily dependent on nurse scientists with adequate
funding. Nurse scientists should be aware of organizations' research agendas and, to the …

Background Family caregivers play a vital, yet stressful role in managing the healthcare
needs and optimizing the quality of life of patients with advanced cancer, from the time they …

Abstract The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (Revised)(ESAS-r) contains 9
questions pertaining to symptoms/well-being. It is a standardized patient-reported …

Background Few randomized clinical trials test the effect of interventions on heart failure
caregiver well-being. Objective The aim of this study was to determine the effect of a patient …

This report highlights the 2023–2028 American Association of Nurse Practitioners Research
Agenda (AANP-RA), which focuses on the research goals of AANP as an organization and …