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Article: Hospice teaches nursing students about end of life.
- Article from:
- Hospice Management Advisor
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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Hospice teaches nursing students about end of life
Program wins national award
The Hospices of Henry Ford, Saint Clair Shores in St. Clair Shores, MI, have developed an extensive nursing education program for area colleges, ensuring many nursing students will have a greater appreciation for hospice and palliative care.
Seeds for the education program were sown in 1996 when a nursing school clinical instructor at an area college met with Ken Grunow, RN, BSN, CHPN, MEd, hospice education coordinator at Henry Ford, to discuss an end-of-life nursing educational course for nursing students. The program won an award for Excellence in a Program ...