“…5 The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for (1) the expansion of and equitable access to palliative care services for patients, families, and communities, especially minoritized populations; (2) frequent conversations about death, dying, and coping with loss; (3) expert symptom management; and (4) attention to the health of the nursing workforce. [6][7][8] Palliative and hospice nurses play an instrumental role in mentoring and educating fellow nurses and interprofessional colleagues in primary palliative care. As such, the inclusion of palliative care education in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs is now outlined in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials: Core Competencies of Professional Nursing Education.…”