1 Published BooksPenny Hawkins Smith
Penny Smith, BSN, RN is a (US) nationally certified hospice and palliative care nurse with 20 years of experience. Penny has worked in a variety of care settings and roles within hospice including inpatient, home case management, education, quality and regulatory. She currently works as a hospice quality assurance nurse for an organization in Washington state.
Penny is a passionate advocate for hospice education with a mission to normalize the end-of-life process to remove the stigma and fear around hospice care, death and dying. During the pandemic she found her way to social media and discovered a unique way to utilize her death care expertise to provide education to a worldwide audience at a grassroots level. Using a variety of teaching styles including Tiktok trends, dark humor, dancing and storytelling, Penny has gathered over 2 million followers across her social media platforms as @hospicenursepenny.
Penny has 3 adult children and 5 grandpeeps. She currently makes her home in an off-grid cabin on a mountain in Eastern Washinton with her husband, Randy, Pam the cat and Kevin the cattle dog. She loves to garden, cook, and go on cruises.
