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

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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

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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 Symptoms of malignant fungating wounds and impact on functional performance among patients with advanced cancer: An exploratory multi- methods study  

Tilley, C. P., Yu, G., Comfort, C., Fu, M., & Wholihan, D. J. (2022). In Journal of Wound and Ostomy Care.
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American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel consensus statement on nursing's roles in ensuring universal palliative care access

Rosa, W. E., Buck, H. G., Squires, A. P., Kozachik, S. L., Huijer, H. A., Bakitas, M., Boit, J. M., Bradley, P. K., Cacchione, P. Z., Chan, G. K., Crisp, N., Dahlin, C., Daoust, P., Davidson, P. M., Davis, S., Doumit, M. A., Fink, R. M., Herr, K. A., Hinds, P. S., … Ferrell, B. R. (2021). In Nursing outlook (Vols. 69, Issues 6, pp. 961-968). 10.1016/j.outlook.2021.06.011
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The purpose of this consensus paper was to convene leaders and scholars from eight Expert Panels of the American Academy of Nursing and provide recommendations to advance nursing's roles and responsibility to ensure universal access to palliative care. Part I of this consensus paper herein provides the rationale and background to support the policy, education, research, and clinical practice recommendations put forward in Part II. On behalf of the Academy, the evidence-based recommendations will guide nurses, policy makers, government representatives, professional associations, and interdisciplinary and community partners to integrate palliative nursing services across health and social care settings. The consensus paper's 43 authors represent eight countries (Australia, Canada, England, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, South Africa, United States of America) and extensive international health experience, thus providing a global context for the subject matter. The authors recommend greater investments in palliative nursing education and nurse-led research, nurse engagement in policy making, enhanced intersectoral partnerships with nursing, and an increased profile and visibility of palliative nurses worldwide. By enacting these recommendations, nurses working in all settings can assume leading roles in delivering high-quality palliative care globally, particularly for minoritized, marginalized, and other at-risk populations.

Palliative Nursing : The Core of COVID-19 Care

Paice, J. A., Wholihan, D. J., Dahlin, C., Rosa, W. E., Mazanec, P., Long, C. O., Thaxton, C., & Greer, K. (2021). In Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing (Vols. 23, Issue 1, pp. 6-8). 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000709
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Palliative care for people with COVID-19 related symptoms.

Paice, J. A., Wholihan, D. J., Mazanec, P., Long, C., Thaxton, C., & Greer, K. (2020). In Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing (Vols. 22, Issues 6, pp. 421-427). 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000692
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Palliative nursing: the core of COVID-19 care

Paice, J. A., Wholihan, D. J., Dahlin, C., Rosa, W. E., Mazanec, P., Long, C., Thaxton, C., & Greer, K. (2020). In Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing.
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Anorexia-cachexia syndrome.

Schack, E., & Wholihan, D. J. (2019). In Textbook of Palliative Care Nursing (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
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Psychological Issues of Patient Transition from Intensive Care to Palliative Care

Wholihan, D. J. (2019). In Critical care nursing clinics of North America (Vols. 31, Issues 4, pp. 547-556). 10.1016/j.cnc.2019.07.010
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End-of-life care in the intensive care unit is fraught with complicated psychological responses by patients, families, and staff. Empathic and mindful communication, inclusion of all integral staff in decision-making meetings, and multidimensional support of patients and families can ease the transition away from aggressive life-prolonging to comfort-oriented end of life care. Primary palliative care communication strategies can help clarify goals of care and facilitate transitions. Early integration of specialist palliative care is recommended.