For nurses in all health settings who care for patients with serious and/or potentially life-threatening illness, and practice at either the generalist or advanced practice level.
Tuition
Please note this reflects last year's course and is subject to change.
| Two-day registration | One-day registration | |
| Early bird | $350 | $250 |
| Regular | $375 | $275 |
| Student rate* | $250 | $175 |
*A letter of verification from your academic institution must accompany the registration form for a reduced student fee.
Credits
Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) credits
To be determined
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Association of Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
ASPN is not scheduled to run in 2023. Updated information will be provided as soon as possible. We would invite those interested in attending ASPN to register for our Practical Aspects of Palliative Care (PAPC) course.
Course description
Palliative care is an essential element of nursing. This two-day course is designed to provide registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses with essential principles and concepts to guide the nursing care of patients and families living with serious and/or life-threatening illness. Expert palliative nurses will teach, using didactic and interactive teaching strategies that foster a community of learning--a course for nurses, by nurses.
Topics for ASPN 2020 included:
- Communication and Advanced Care Planning
- Pain and Symptom Management
- Coordination of Care and Transitions Management
- Cultivating Resiliency and Reflective Practice
Learning objectives
The Art & Science of Palliative Nursing course focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to provide quality primary and specialty palliative care.
Who should attend?
Nurses in all health settings who care for patients with serious and/or potentially life-threatening illness and practice at either the generalist or advanced practice level
Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) credits
To be determined
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Association Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ASPN will not run in 2023. Updated information will be provided as soon as possible.
Tuition
Please note this reflects last year's course and is subject to change.
| Two-day registration | One-day registration | |
| Early bird | $350 | $250 |
| Regular | $375 | $275 |
| Student rate* | $250 | $175 |
*A letter of verification from your academic institution must accompany the registration form for a reduced student fee.
Tuition covers all breaks and course materials. In a continuing effort to “go green,” only an electronic version of the course syllabus will be provided. Please note that a letter of verification from your academic institutional leader must accompany the registration form for the reduced student fee.
If unable to pay online, a check made payable to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute can be sent to:
Art & Science of Palliative Nursing
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue, JF-811B
Boston, MA 02215
Refund policy
A handling fee of $75 is deducted for cancellation. Refund requests must be received by email, mail, or fax two weeks prior to the course. No refunds will be made thereafter. No-shows will not receive a refund.
Questions
Phone: (617) 632-6432
Email: pallcare@partners.org
Course location
The Art & Science of Palliative Nursing will be held at the Conference Center at Waltham Woods located at 860 Winter St, Waltham, MA. Complimentary parking is available at the conference center.
We recommend dressing in layers to accommodate variable room temperatures.