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Nursing
Student Preceptorships The Palliative Care Service at Massachusetts General Hospital offers nurses a preceptorship in palliative care. Our service works in collaboration with the Center for Clinical and Professional Development under the auspices of Patient Care Services and the hospital's Medicine Unit. It is the former home of the Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care. Care focuses mainly on adult patients with a life threatening illness including but not limited to, cancer, cardiac disease, renal disease, pulmonary disease, neurological disease, trauma, HIV/AIDS. The nurse will become familiar with comprehensive care which includes the interdisciplinary process, evaluation of pain and symptoms, management of pain and symptoms of people with terminal illnesses, psychosocial support, and bereavement care. The various nursing roles will be explored including direct care provider, patient educator, consultant, and case manager. Care is provided in the spectrum of settings beginning with inpatient units within an academic teaching hospital, outpatient clinics, home care with hospice or home health, rehabilitation institutions, and Skilled Nursing Facilities. The nurse is supervised in all experiences and the fellowship is individualized according to undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate education. Address inquiries to: Telephone: (617) 724-8659 |