title: Improving end-of-life care: Recommendations from the IOM.
abstract: A 2014 consensus report by the Institute of Medicine offers recommendations for healthcare providers to decrease unwanted care and improve the quality of life at the end of life. This article discusses the recommendations of interest to advanced practice registered nurses.
authors.affiliation: Elizabeth H. Dobbins is a professor of nursing at Walters State Community College, Morristown, Tenn.
authors.forename: Elizabeth H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Dobbins
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D011788:Quality of Life; D013727:Terminal Care; D014481:United States