Episode 41: Advocating for Palliative Care and Hospice Education

Alec Stone, ONS’s director of government affairs in Washington, DC, joins Chris Pirschel, ONS staff writer, to discuss the Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA), how nurses are advocating for legislation, the status of PCHETA, and much more.

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Episode Notes:

Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• The NCPD activity for this episode has expired, but you can still earn NCPD through many other Oncology Nursing Podcast episodes. Find a full list of opportunities.
• An Oncology Nurse’s Primer on the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
• ONS Center for Advocacy and Health Policy
• ONS Health Policy Coalitions
• Join the ONS Capitol Hill Gang
• Subscribe to ONS’s Capitol Connections