PART ONE - THE ADVANCED PRACTICE PALLIATIVE NURSE ; Chapter 1: History of the Advanced Practice Role in Palliative Nursing ; Chapter 2: Fundamental Skills and Education for the Palliative APN ; Chapter 3: Credentialing, Certification, and Scope of Practice Issues for ; Chapter 4: Reimbursement for Advanced Practice Nurses ; Chapter 5: Data Utilization ; PART TWO - THE ADVANCED PRACTICE PALLIATIVE NURSE ACROSS HEALTH CARE SETTINGS ; Section A. The Advanced Practice Palliative Nurse in the Acute Care Setting ; Chapter 6: Emergency Room and Telephonic Communication ; Chapter 7: The ICU Setting ; Chapter 8: Medical, Surgical and Geriatric ; Chapter 9: Palliative Care in Oncology Units ; Chapter 10: Palliative Advance Practice Nursing on the Cardiac Specialty Unit ; Chapter 11: Solid Organ Transplant ; Section B. The Advanced Practice Palliative Nurse in the Ambulatory Care Setting ; Chapter 12: The Advanced Practice Nurse in Outpatient Palliative Cancer Care ; Chapter 13: The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the Palliative Care Clinic ; Chapter 14: The APN in Primary Care ; Chapter 15: Geriatrics in the Outpatient Setting ; Chapter 16: Specialty APN Practice ; Section C. The Palliative Advanced Practice Nurse in the Community ; Chapter 17: Palliative Care as part of a Hospice Program ; Chapter 18: The APN in Hospice ; Chapter 19: The Advanced Practice Nurse in the Home Setting ; Chapter 20: The Palliative Care APN in the Nursing Home ; Chapter 21: The Advanced Practice Palliative Nurse in the Rehabilitation Unit/Hospital ; Chapter 22: Access to and Delivery of Palliative and Hospice Care in Rural and Remote Areas: The Influence of Geography, Availability of Health Care Providers, and Culture ; PART THREE - PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE PALLIATIVE NURSE ; Section A. Physical Symptoms ; Chapter 23: Pain ; Chapter 24: Dyspnea ; Chapter 25: Bowel Symptoms: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Obstruction ; Chapter 26: Anorexia and Cachexia ; Chapter 27: Cough ; Chapter 28: Other challenging symptoms: Dry Mouth, Hiccups, Fevers, Pruritus, Sleep Disorders ; Chapter 29: Fatigue ; Chapter 30: Nausea and Vomiting ; Section B. Psychological/Psychiatric Symptoms ; Chapter 31: Anxiety ; Chapter 32: Delirium ; Chapter 33: Depression & Suicide ; Chapter 34: Dual Diagnosis and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder ; Chapter 35: Grief and Bereavement ; Chapter 36: Symptom Clusters in Various Solid Tumors and Hematologic Malignancies ; Chapter 37: Palliative Emergencies ; PART FOUR - COMMUNICATION ; Chapter 40: Family Meetings ; Chapter 41: Communication at the Time of Death ; Chapter 42: Navigating Ethical Discussions in Palliative Care ; Chapter 43: Culturally Respectful Palliative Care ; PART FIVE - SPIRITUAL CARE ; Chapter 44: The Role of Advanced Practice Nursing In Spiritual Care ; Chapter 45: Communication Principles in Spiritual Care ; Chapter 46: Life Review ; Chapter 47: Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration and the Provision of Spiritual Care ; PART SIX - SPECIAL SITUATIONS: WITHDRAWAL OF TECHNOLOGY ; Chapter 48: Cardiac - Vasopressor, Inotrope Discontinuation, Cardiac Device Discontinuation, - LVAD, Pacemaker/AICD ; Chapter 49: Withdrawal of Technology - Respiratory ; Chapter 50: Other Treatment Discontinuation ; Chapter 51: Palliative Sedation ; PART SEVEN - SPECIAL POPULATIONS ; Chapter 52: Survivorship-Ongoing Needs of Palliative Care Patients, When Palliative Care Patients Recur ; Chapter 53: Cognitive Impairment ; Chapter 54: Caring for Patients with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) ; Chapter 55: Special Population: Economically Disadvantaged Urban Dwellers ; Chapter 56: Caring for Veterans at end of life ; PART EIGHT - THE ADVANCED PRACTICE PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE NURSE ; Chapter 57: Role of the Pediatric Palliative APN ; Section A. The Settings of Pediatric Palliative Care ; Chapter 58: Presenting Pediatric Palliative Care as a Model of Care for the Hospitalized Child ; Chapter 59: Preparing for the Unexpected: Perinatal and Neonatal Palliative Care ; Chapter 60: Pediatric Oncology ; Chapter 61: Pediatric Care in the Community ; Chapter 62: Communication in Pediatrics