Description

• Discuss the laws in your state related to the nurse practitioner’s (NP) role and responsibility in creating and signing ADs. Indicate if the NP can independently complete AD documents or a physician is required to sign or cosign the documents.
• Consider clients you have encountered in practicum (or your practice as a registered nurse). Identify at least one client who may have benefited from a referral to hospice or palliative care. Indicate why this client would have benefited from these services. Describe how you might approach the conversation with the client as an NP.
• Discuss at least two recommendations you have for improving palliative and hospice care access to vulnerable and underserved populations in your community.
• References