Oncology Nursing Society Position
Position Statement on Palliative Care
The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (2008) and the National Quality Forum defined palliative care as,
Patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, minimizing, and treating suffering. Palliative care throughout the continuum of illness involves addressing physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and to facilitate patient autonomy, access to information, and choice. (p. 32,204)
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References
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. (2008). Medicare and Medicaid programs: Hospice conditions of participation. Retrieved from http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2008-06-05/pdf/08-1305.pdf
National Consensus Project. (2013). Clinical practice guidelines for quality palliative care. Retrieved from http://nationalconsensusproject.org/NCP_Clinical_Practice_Guidelines_3rd_Edition.pdf
Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation. (n.d.). Test blueprint. Retrieved from http://oncc.org/TakeTest/Certifications/OCN/Blueprint
Oncology Nursing Society. (2014a). Access to quality cancer care [Position statement]. Retrieved from https://ons.org/advocacy-policy/positions/policy/access
Oncology Nursing Society. (2014b). Lifelong learning for professional oncology nurses [Position statement]. Retrieved from https://ons.org/advocacy-policy/positions/education/lifelong
Oncology Nursing Society. (2014c). Oncology certification for nurses [Position statement]. Retrieved from https://ons.org/advocacy-policy/positions/education/certification