View Photos from the 2011 Annual Assembly in Vancouver. http://www.flickr.com/photos/44940916@N03/show/

On February 26, 2011, The Open Mind on PBS featured an in-depth segment about palliative care. Host Richard D. Heffner interviewed Diane E. Meier, MD, Director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

The interview and transcript for, "Palliative Care: Care vs. Cure?" is available online. Share the segment with friends and colleagues.

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HPNA will formally recognize 8 newly formed Chapters this week during the HPNA Annual Membership Meeting. The 8 newly chartered Chapters include Phoenix (AZ), Los Angeles Regional, Hawaiian Islands, Lake City-Gainesville (FL), Oklahoma City (OK), Greater Palm Beach-Treasure Coast (FL) , East Central Iowa, River City HOPE-Columbus (GA). Each new Chapter will receive an official certificate of Chapter Charter during the 2011 HPNA Leadership Weekend, held July 15-17 in Pittsburgh, PA. There are now 47 HPNA Chapters across the United States!

HPNA Education Services is pleased to announce Special Member Pricing for all HPNA E-learning courses in celebration of our 25th Anniversary!
Special member pricing celebrating HPNA's 25th Anniversary
- $10.00 per one hour E-learning course
- $ 5.00 per 30 minute E-learning course
http://www.hpna.org/ Use membership number and password to “Members Only”.

HPNA 25th Anniversary Links! HPNA 25th Anniversary webpage; View our HPNA 25th Anniversary Photo Album; Sign the Official 25th Anniversary Greeting Card

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) now offers members an online course to become an HPNA Approved Educator. (No live programs are scheduled for 2011) Registered nurses, who are HPNA members, certified or will receive certification by January 2012 through the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses, and are working in the specialty of hospice and palliative care are eligible. www.HPNA.org

ELNEC - Core Train-The-Trainer Courses co-sponsored by HPNA dates are June 16 & 17, 2011 - Denver, CO. July 28 & 29, 2011 - Atlanta, GA , and Oct. 11 & 12, 2011 - Boston, MA. Registration Info