The $1 million program will train 600 nurses over two years. The program has received positive feedback after its first workshop in April, held at UCSF, during which nurses learned about their role in palliative care, how to use empathy as a communicative tool and how to be an effective liaison between physicians and patients’ families.
Palliative care is a growing service line in the United States, with 1,635 hospital palliative care teams stationed across the country, according to the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
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