Constance Dahlin, APRN, BC, ACHPN, FAAN

Advanced Practice Nurse, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and North Shore Medical Center
Associate Clinical Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions
Faculty, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care

Phone: 617.724.9197

Educational and professional experience

	A.B., Harvard-Radcliffe College
	M.S.N., Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions
	ANP, Adult Primary Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions
	ANCC Certified in Advanced Practice Nursing Adult Primary Care
	NBCHPN Certified in Advanced Practice Palliative Care Nursing
1999-2005	Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, President and Board Member
2001-2002	Promoting Excellence at The End of Life Advanced Practice Nurse Forum
2001-	End of Life Nursing Education Curriculum (ELNEC) Faculty, Graduate, Oncology, Critical Care, Core, Public Hospitals
2001-	Member of the National Consensus Project Steering Committee, Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care
2002-	American Hospital Association Circle of Life Award Committee Member
2003-2006	Merging Critical Care and Palliative Care Cultures Robert Wood Johnson Grant at MGH
2006	Geriatric and Palliative Care Nursing Residency – HRSA Grant at MGH
2007-2010	Co-Editor, Core Curriculum for Advanced Hospice and Palliative Nursing 1st ed
2008	Co-Editor, Advanced Practice Palliative Nursing-A Guide to Practice and Business Issues
2010-	Co-Editor, Core Curriculum for Advanced Hospice and Palliative Nursing 2nd ed

 

Current teaching and research interests

Ms. Dahlin has been involved with hospice and palliative care throughout her career. She began in hospice, but was intrigued by patients who did not choose hospice. She moved to palliative care to work with non-cancer diagnoses. She has been involved in national projects to create quality palliative care and build the field. Through the National Consensus Project, Ms. Dahlin was involved in creating national guidelines for palliative care. With the Circle of Life Committee, she is part of a program to seek out innovative programs that provide palliative care. Through the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, she is involved in various projects to promote nursing education and practice. One main interest has been creating the advanced practice palliative care nurse role and creating a foundation for palliative care. Additionally, Connie has been involved in creating the scope and standards for advanced practice and baccalaureate nursing, competencies for nursing at advanced level as well as standards for advanced practice nurse fellowships and creating understanding around advanced practice nurse reimbursement.