Shelli Feder, PhD, APRN, FNP (BC), ACHPN, FAAN
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Assistant Professor, Yale School of Nursing; Associate Program Director National Clinician Scholars Program, Internal Medicine
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Dr. Feder is an Associate Professor at the Yale School of Nursing and Co-Directs the Yale National Clinician Scholars Program. She received her undergraduate degree in nursing from Florida State University and her Masters and Doctoral degree in Nursing from the Yale University School of Nursing. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship with the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale University in 2019. Dr. Feder started her nurse practitioner career in 2010 working with a hospitalist service. She has been practicing as a palliative care nurse practitioner since 2013. She is an Advanced Certified Palliative and Hospice Nurse. Dr. Feder joined the Yale School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor in 2019.
Last Updated on October 02, 2025.
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- Janeway Society
- National Clinician Scholars Program
- Palliative and End-of-Life Care Education
- Patient Priorities Care
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- PhD
- Yale University (2017)
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An organizational health services researcher, Dr. Feder’s research interests include palliative and end-of-life care delivery for people with non-cancer serious illness, health policy related to palliative and end-of-life care, medical informatics, and digital health interventions. She has expertise in qualitative and mixed methods and implementation science. Dr. Feder is spearheading a four-year research study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to uncover the systemic factors contributing to the wide variation in palliative care uptake and the quality of end-of-life care for Veterans with heart failure. Additionally, she is leading a three-year study focused on developing and evaluating a clinical decision support tool aimed at promoting early palliative care for patients hospitalized with heart failure within the Yale New Haven Health System.
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Aging; Cardiovascular Diseases; Chronic Diseases; End-of-life Care; Health Care Quality, Efficiency; Health Informatics; Qualitative Methods
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0000-0002-8059-9281- View Lab Website
The Palliative and End-of-Life Care Innovation Lab (PECIL)
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Kathleen Akgün, MD, MS
Ling Han, MD, PhD, MS
Erica A. Abel, PhD
Nancy Schmieder Redeker, RN, MSN, PhD, FAHA, FAAN
Maureen Canavan, PhD, MPH
Janene Batten, EdD, MLS
86Publications
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2025
Advance directives prior to COVID-19 diagnosis in a United States national healthcare system
Schwartz A, Tate J, Lehmann L, King J, Walenczyk K, Levin W, Feder S, Justice A, Akgün K. Advance directives prior to COVID-19 diagnosis in a United States national healthcare system. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0338825. PMID: 41417841, PMCID: PMC12716786, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0338825.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAD completionVeterans Health AdministrationAdvance directivesNational healthcare systemAssociated with AD completionHealthcare systemUnited States Veterans Health AdministrationCohort studyCalendar quarterElevated riskHealth care preferencesHealth care utilizationElectronic health recordsMortality index scoresHigh riskAD documentationCare preferencesNH whitesCare utilizationNH BlackHealth recordsHealth AdministrationMarital statusCOVID-19Hispanic groupsTemporal Trends, Setting, and Timing of Palliative and Hospice Care in COPD in the Veterans Health Administration, 2010-2020
Smirnova N, Cross S, Kempker J, Sullivan D, Reinke L, Smallwood N, Plumley R, Duan K, Feder S, Ma Y, Vaughan C, Au D, Kavalieratos D. Temporal Trends, Setting, and Timing of Palliative and Hospice Care in COPD in the Veterans Health Administration, 2010-2020. CHEST Pulmonary 2025, 3: 100171. DOI: 10.1016/j.chpulm.2025.100171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPalliative care useReceipt of palliative careChronic obstructive pulmonary diseasePalliative careCare useObstructive pulmonary diseaseTiming of palliative careSpecialist palliative carePalliative care encountersVeterans Health AdministrationNational retrospective cohort studyYear of deathPulmonary diseaseQuality of lifeInpatient hospiceHospice careCare encountersRural facilitiesRetrospective cohort studyHealth AdministrationBackground PeopleHousing instabilityCareMixed-effects multivariable regressionCohort studyRetention and morale in the ICU: interprofessional team members’ perspectives on interprofessional staffing in adult ICUs
Fitzpatrick Rosenbaum K, Wright N, Feder S, Yakusheva O, Costa D. Retention and morale in the ICU: interprofessional team members’ perspectives on interprofessional staffing in adult ICUs. Intensive And Critical Care Nursing 2025, 93: 104255. PMID: 41289629, DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2025.104255.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterprofessional team members' perspectivesInterprofessional team membersContinuity of carePatient safetyInterprofessional teamMembers' well-beingTeam membersTeam member well-beingPatient careWell-beingAdult ICUsInterprofessional team collaborationType of careTeam members' perspectivesQuality Improvement ProgramICU nursesRegistered NursesICU staffingThematic analysisPatient assignmentTeam supportMembers' perspectivesTeam staffingCareStaffingDifference-Making Factors Linked to Higher Reach of Specialist Palliative Care Among People With Heart Failure Across a National Sample of VA Medical Centers.
Zhan Y, Miech E, Abel E, Feder S. Difference-Making Factors Linked to Higher Reach of Specialist Palliative Care Among People With Heart Failure Across a National Sample of VA Medical Centers. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2025, 10499091251396524. PMID: 41208333, PMCID: PMC12716955, DOI: 10.1177/10499091251396524.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecialist palliative careVA Medical CenterOutpatient palliative carePalliative careSecondary analysisNational sampleSecondary analysis of dataGuideline-recommended interventionsMedical CenterBackgroundPalliative careFacility characteristicsChaplaincy servicesOutpatient consultationsAdvanced heart failureCareCardiology involvementAnalysis of dataConsultationORHeart failureFTEAverage usePeopleCardiologyDeliveryImproving Intensive End-of-Life Care for Infants and Children: A Scoping Review of Intervention Elements
Arciprete E, Ouyang N, Wawrzynski S, Eche-Ugwu I, Batten J, Costa D, Feder S, Snaman J. Improving Intensive End-of-Life Care for Infants and Children: A Scoping Review of Intervention Elements. Children 2025, 12: 1485. PMID: 41300603, PMCID: PMC12651015, DOI: 10.3390/children12111485.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFamily mental healthEnd-of-lifeScoping ReviewIntervention elementsClinician knowledgeIntensive end-of-life careEnd-of-life careClinical practice changesPediatric critical careImplementation barriers/facilitatorsImplementation facilitatorsInterprofessional interventionsClinician outcomesEducation sessionsWeb of ScienceOvid PsycINFOPractice changeMental healthPediatric intensive care unitQualitative feedbackClinic structureScreened articlesCritical careFamily outcomesOvid MEDLINETrends in State Palliative Care Legislation Across the US
Ouyang N, Han L, Jiang W, Sinclair S, Rusyn E, Feder S. Trends in State Palliative Care Legislation Across the US. JAMA Health Forum 2025, 6: e254731. PMID: 41134560, PMCID: PMC12552922, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.4731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricPreparing for a Child's End of Life: Parent Perspectives.
Ouyang N, Backman M, Knobf M, Snaman J, Baker J, Ananth P, Feder S. Preparing for a Child's End of Life: Parent Perspectives. 2025, 156 PMID: 40930538, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2025-072257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsChild's endBereaved parentsChild's end of lifeChild deathsNon-Hispanic white mothersEOL decision-makingDevelopment of targeted interventionsEnd of lifeParental psychological symptomsQualitative descriptive studyEOL careDying childrenClinician communicationPeer supportSemistructured interviewsImpending deathClinician's difficultyPatient careThematic analysisDescriptive studyPsychological symptomsParents' perspectivesParental preparationWhite mothersCareAgreement Between Self-Reported and Proxy-Reported Pain in Veterans With Advanced Heart Failure.
Akgün K, Han L, Zhan Y, Abel E, Feder S. Agreement Between Self-Reported and Proxy-Reported Pain in Veterans With Advanced Heart Failure. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2025, 10499091251364232. PMID: 40741915, DOI: 10.1177/10499091251364232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Affairs Medical CenterNumerical rating scaleProxy-reported painEnd of lifePatient pain assessmentAdvanced heart failureRetrospective cohort studySelf-ReportPatient self-reportPatient-reported painAffairs Medical CenterPatient-reported Numeric Rating ScaleEOL careHeart failurePain assessmentPain outcomesPain categoriesPain reportsAdvanced heart failure patientsMedical CenterDays of lifeNo painModerate agreementVeteransFamily SurveyLetter: Response to Feder et al., Use of Hospice and End-of-Life Care Quality Among Medical Centers with High Versus Lower Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People with Heart Failure: An Observational Study
Feder S, Shamas T, Akgün K. Letter: Response to Feder et al., Use of Hospice and End-of-Life Care Quality Among Medical Centers with High Versus Lower Specialist Palliative Care Reach Among People with Heart Failure: An Observational Study. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2025, 28: 1141-1142. PMID: 40533098, PMCID: PMC12570863, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2025.0317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospital Nurse Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Caring for Socially Disadvantaged Patients
Carthon J, Muir K, Ang L, Amenyedor K, Golinelli D, Feder S, Kutney-Lee A. Hospital Nurse Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators to Caring for Socially Disadvantaged Patients. JAMA Network Open 2025, 8: e2512397. PMID: 40478576, PMCID: PMC12144619, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.12397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsOpen-text responsesSocially disadvantaged patientsSocially disadvantaged populationsQuality careImprove careHospital nursesDisadvantaged patientsDisadvantaged populationsQualitative studyDirect care nursesHospital nurses' perspectivesHospital-community partnershipsDeterminants of healthHealth care qualityHealth care outcomesEquitable care deliverySocial ecological modelCultural competence educationNurses' beliefsNursing perspectiveRegistered NursesCare nursesCare continuityHospital-communityCare quality
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‘A good death’: How compassionate care helps people navigate the end of life
- January 08, 2024
Use of Palliative Care for ICU Patients, Families
- October 25, 2023
Assessing Symptoms in Older Adults After Critical Illness
- November 16, 2022
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