Margaret Campbell, associate professor in the Wayne State University College of Nursing, has received the Project on Death in America’s Nursing Leadership Award in Palliative Care. The award was announced by the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation and presented March 14 at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine/Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association’s annual meeting in New Orleans.
The award annually honors one nurse from across the country who has emerged as a leader in palliative care and whose work has improved nursing care for dying patients and their families. Recognizing nursing leaders in this way helps further the Project on Death in America’s mission to understand and transform the culture and experience of dying and bereavement while giving priority to education, training and clinical service in end-of-life care.
Campbell, a Detroit resident, was recognized for her ongoing leadership and commitment to the specialty of palliative care nursing. One of her many accomplishments has been the development of the Respiratory Distress Observation Scale, the only known valid and reliable tool for measuring respiratory distress when a patient is unable to self-report dyspnea.
Campbell has more than 20 years of experience in palliative care. Before coming to the College of Nursing, she directed the Palliative Care Service at Detroit Receiving Hospital, the nation’s first nurse-led, hospital-based palliative care consultation service. Campbell has served on a number of public policy and clinical task forces aimed at improving end-of-life care and is a former president of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association. Her work has been published in national nursing and medical journals, and she is frequently invited to address national health care conferences.
The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation (HPNF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports quality of life in persons experiencing serious illness by enhancing nursing excellence. HPNF undertakes fund-raising activities to secure support for projects to be delivered by its affiliated organizations, the Hospice and Palliative Care Nurses Association and the National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses ®. HPNF also creates and confers its own scholarships, grants and leadership awards, thereby advancing, funding and making accessible research and education regarding palliative care to nurses at all levels of the profession.
Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 370 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 29,000 students.