Defining and Describing Palliative Care With a Focus on Case Management
BY NICOLE DePACE, MS, APRN, GNP-BC, ACHPN Gerald is an 84-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease, a history of CVA, atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation, anemia and is hard of hearing. He has been hospitalized twice in the past 6 months due to severe anemia that is likely due to gastrointestinal bleeding, though…