Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing

**Definition:** A nursing specialty concerned with care of patients facing serious or life-threatening illnesses. The goal of palliative nursing is to prevent and relieve suffering, and to support the best possible quality of life for patients and their families. Hospice nursing is palliative care for people in their final stages of life.

**Tree numbers:** - H02.478.676.350 - N02.421.533.390