Final Moments: Nurses' Stories about Death and Dying (Kaplan Voices)
Deborah Witt Sherman, PhD, APRN, ANP, PCM, BC, FAAN, is an associate professor with tenure in the Division of Nursing at New York University where she is the program coordinator of the first nurse practitioner palliative care master's program in the United States. The program helps to prepare nurse practitioners to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to individuals and families who are living with or dying from an incurable, progressive illness. Dr. Sherman's background in critical care nursing, hospice nursing, and her certification as an adult nurse practitioner, as well as her research focus on populations with life threatening and terminal illness, are foundational to her expertise and commitment to palliative care. Dr. Sherman is coauthor of the award-winning textbook, Palliative Care Nursing.