American Journal of Nursing's New Palliative Care Series The American Journal of Nursing (AJN), the official journal of the American Nurses Association, publishes a bimonthly continuing education series on palliative nursing care. The series uses actual case studies to improve the way nurses care for dying patients, both physically and psychologically. Click here to read a press release from the ANA about this new series. November 2004 Why isn't all care 'palliative care'? by Diana Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, Nessa Coyle, PhD, NP, FAAN, and Betty R. Ferrell, PhD, RN, FAAN Nausea & vomiting in end-stage cancer by Anne Haughney, RN, OCN Click here for the Continuing Education Test September 2004 Palliative care: Prognostication and the chronically ill by Marianne L. Matzo, PhD, APRN,BC, GNP, FAAN Click here for the Continuing Education Test July 2004 Oral complications at the end of life by Constance Dahlin, MSN, APRN, BC, PCM Click here for the Continuing Education Test May 2004 Nurses' Stress & Burnout: How to care for yourself when caring for patients and their families experiencing life-threatening illness by Deborah Witt Sherman PhD, APRN, ANP, PCM, BC, FAAN Click here for the Continuing Education Test April 2004 Ethics and Palliative Care in Pediatrics by Cynda Hylton Rushton, DNSc, RN, FAAN Click here for the Continuing Education Test January 2004 Acknowledging the 'Elephant': Communication in Palliative Care by Julie Griffie, MSN, RN, CS, AOCN, CHPN, Paula Nelson-Marten, PhD, RN, AOCN, and Sandy Muchka, MS, RN, CS, CHPN Click here for the Continuing Education Test November 2003 End-of-Life Care of Older Adults by Denise K. Sheehan, MSN, RN, and Victoria Schirm, PhD, RN, CS Click here for the Continuing Education Test September 2003 Grief and Bereavement Care by Kathleen A. Egan, MA, RN, CHPN, and Robert L. Arnold, EdD Click here for the Continuing Education Test July 2003 Care at the Time of Death by Elizabeth Ford Pitorak, MSN, RN, CHPN Click here for the Continuing Education Test May 2003 Improving the Quality of End-of-Life Care by Rose Virani, MHA, RN, C, OCN and Dalia Sofer Click here for the Continuing Education Test March 2003 Cultural Considerations in End-of-Life Care by Polly Mazanec, MSN, APRN, BC, AOCN and Mary Kay Tyler, MSN, APRN, BC Click here for the Continuing Education Test January 2003 Ethical Concerns in End-of-Life Care by Colleen Scanlon, JD, MS, RN Click here for the Continuing Education Test November 2002 Managing Psychological Conditions in Palliative Care by Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN, FAAN Click here for the Continuing Education Test September 2002 Symptom Management in People with AIDS by Patrick J. Coyne, MSN, RN, CS Click here for the Continuing Education Test July 2002 Difficulties in Managing Pain at the End of Life by Joan T. Panke, MA, APRN Click here for the Continuing Education Test May 2002 An Overview of Palliative Nursing Care by Betty R. Farrell, PhD, RN, FAAN and Nessa Coyle, MS, RN, FAAN Click here for the Continuing Education Test Editorial: Are We Specializing in Neglect? by Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, AJN Editor-in-Chief American Journal of Nursing palliative care series articles were published bi-monthly over a two-and-a-half-year series. The series commenced May 2002 and culminated November, 2004. This 16-part series won three awards: 2003 Gold Award from the American Society of Healthcare Publishing Editors 2004 Magnum Opus Award from Publications Management, and 2004 Pinnacle Award for Nursing Print Media from Sigma Theta Tau International (These are pdf files and require Adobe Acrobat Reader to download.) End-of-Life Care | AACN Home Copyright © 2004 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All rights reserved.