Advance Care Planning

In Brief This series on palliative care is developed in collaboration with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA; http://hpna.advancingexpertcare.org). The HPNA aims to guide nurses in preventing and relieving suffering and in giving the best possible care to patients and families, regardless of the stage of disease or the need for other therapies. The HPNA offers education, certification, advocacy, leadership, and research. This article in a series on palliative care developed in collaboration with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association discusses how nurses can promote the practice of advance care planning in their facility and overcome the challenges associated with its implementation.