Hillary Luminais, APRN, practices palliative medicine at Ochsner Health. She received her bachelor of science in nursing degree and her master of nursing from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. There, she specialized as a clinical nurse specialist in adult-gerontology nursing with a specialty in palliative medicine. Hillary has participated in palliative medicine nursing research. She has several professional publications in the field and has been a member of the Ochsner palliative medicine team since 2007.