Utilizes advanced health assessment, knowledge, and decision making skills, works independently and in collaboration with physicians and other health care professionals. Provides health care to individuals and families, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention. They may care for patients ranging in age from newborn to elderly as noted in age-related category and area of expertise. The Palliative Care APP collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to care for patients with serious illness. The focus of this care is reducing the symptoms of stress of the illness with a goal of improving quality of life for the patient and their caregivers. This patient-centered approach supports the physical, mental, emotional, and existential effects of suffering with a serious illness and helps to ensure that recommended treatments align with the patient’s goals.