Dr. Hupcey, is a professor of nursing, medicine, and bioethics and is the associate dean for graduate education and research at the Pennsylvania State University, College of Nursing, University Park, Pennsylvania. She is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. Her present research focuses on persons with heart failure at end of life and their family caregivers. She recently completed a study investigating the palliative care needs of persons with heart failure and their family caregivers. From this study, a cutting-edge model of palliative care for heart failure was developed