By Linda Norlander, RN, BSN, MS

Caring for patients at the end of life’s journey is challenging, but rewarding. To Comfort Always: A Nurse’s Guide to End-of-Life Care prepares nurses to care for dying patients and their families by providing a primer that is both practical and insightful.

From emotional needs such as relief of suffering to physical needs such as relief of pain, To Comfort Always supplies nurses what they need to know to deliver holistic, effective care.

Linda Norlander brings her expertise in end-of-life care to this book that will serve as a valuable resource for nurses committed to comforting patients and families at one of life’s most moving passages.

Advance Praise for To Comfort Always

“To Comfort Always captures the essence of palliative nursing care addressing physical, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects of serious illness. It will be a valuable resource for nurses, particularly those beginning their careers in this rewarding field.”

–Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN
Research Scientist
City of Hope
Principal Investigator
End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)

“Nurses who have worked for a long time with dying patients can sometimes forget our early days in the field—when we knew just enough to know we had a lot to learn. Norlander translates her years of experience in mentoring nurses new to the field of hospice and palliative care into a practical guide and resource. Her work is a gift to novice nurses who are stepping up to care for those at the end of life.”

–Kerstin McSteen, RN, BSN, MS
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care
Involved with certification of hospice and palliative nursing through
the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses

“Linda Norlander is one of the early pioneers in hospice and palliative nursing. To Comfort Always is a unique integration of more than three decades of insight and experience and the practical application of current knowledge in the fields of hospice and palliative care.”

–Patricia H. Berry, PhD, APRN, GNP-BC, ACHPN
Associate Professor, Associate Director, University of Utah Hartford Center of
Geriatric Nursing Excellence
University of Utah College of Nursing

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