Dorothy J. Wholihan

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Dorothy J. Wholihan

DNP AGACNP-BC ACHPN FPCN FAAN

Clinical Professor
Program Director, Advanced Practice Palliative Care Specialty Sequence

1 212 992 9429

433 First Ave
New York, NY 10010
United States

Dorothy J. Wholihan, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN, is a Clinical Professor of Nursing and the Director of the Advanced Practice Palliative Care Specialty Program at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. She is a palliative care nurse practitioner with over 40 years of nursing experience dedicated to the care of persons with advanced illness and their families. She has held prior positions as an oncology and pain management clinical nurse specialist. She maintains an active clinical practice as a nurse practitioner in palliative care within the Veterans Health Administration, where she has cared for seriously ill veterans since 1989.

Recognized as a national leader in palliative care nursing education, Prof. Dorothy has served more than 15 years as national faculty for the ELNEC program (End of Life Nursing Education Consortium) and currently leads the ELNEC Geriatric course. She was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing in 2019 and serves on the End-of-Life Expert Panel. She is also an active member of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and is a Fellow of Palliative Care Nursing.

Her palliative care practice and research interests include spiritual aspects of care, communication education, and the care of veterans at end of life.

DNP, George Washington University
Post-Master's Certificate in Christian Specialty, General Theological Seminary
Post-Master's Certificate in ANP - Uniformed Services, University of the Health Sciences
MSN, Yale University
BSN, University of Pennsylvania
Palliative care
Pain Management
American Academy of Nursing
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
American Nurses Association
Hospice and Palliative Nursing Association
National Faculty Member, End of Life Nursing Education Consortium
Sigma Theta Tau
University Distinguished Teaching Award, NYU (2020)
Distinguished Teaching Award, NYU Meyers (2019)
Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
Fellow, Hartford Institute of Geriatric Nursing
Fellow, Palliative Care Nursing

Palliative Care for Persons with Dementia

Wholihan, D. J. (2022).
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Presentation: Communication in Serious Illness

Wholihan, D. J. (2022).
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Presentation: Cultural and Spiritual Considerations in Palliative Care

Wholihan, D. J. (2022).
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Presentation: Geriatric Pain Management

Wholihan, D. J. (2022).
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Presentation: Non Pain Symptom Management

Wholihan, D. J. (2022).
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Presentation: Self Care 

Wholihan, D. J. (2022).

Presentation:  Veterans at the EOL: Caring For Those Who Served

Wholihan, D. J. (2022).
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 Curricular quality improvement in midwifery: Simulating unexpected perinatal loss.

Wholihan, D. J., Altman, S., Tilley, C., Friedman, R., & Brennan, M. (2022). In Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.
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 Fundamental skills and education

Wholihan, D. J., Tilley, C. P., & Rudden, A. (2022). In Textbook of Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing. Oxford University Press.
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 Specialty palliative APRN graduate education:Mapping the future within a competency-based framework.

Dahlin, C., Wholihan, D. J., & Wiencek, C. A. (2022). In Journal of Professional Nursing.
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