Joyce Hutchison, RN, currently serves as Palliative Care Coordinator and Hospice Educator for Iowa Health Hospice and Home Care in Des Moines, Iowa. Her clinical experience includes work as an oncology nurse, home care nurse, and residence team director of a hospice facility. A member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the Oncology Nursing society, she is a frequent presenter of workshops on care of the dying and hospice care.