In this episode, Holli and Brett discuss the integration of the Family Frailty Score as an assessment tool for patients undergoing advanced heart failure therapies. Various key considerations surrounding the tool are discussed, including multidisciplinary team involvement, socioeconomic challenges, patient and family support, and more. Featuring: Brett Snodgrass, DNP, FNP-C, ACHPN®, FAANP Holli Martinez FNP-BC, ACHPN®, FPCN Brett Snodgrass, DNP, FNP-C, ACHPN®, FAANP Brett Snodgrass has been a registered nurse since 1997 and a family nurse practitioner since 2007, practicing in multiple settings, including family practice, urgent care, emergency departments, administration, chronic pain, and palliative medicine. She is currently the Operations Director for Palliative Medicine at Baptist Health Systems in Memphis, TN. She is board certified with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is also a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse. She is a nationally recognized nurse practitioner, speaker and teacher. Brett Is a chronic pain expert, working for more than 20 years with chronic pain patients in a variety of settings. She currently serves on the TN Chronic Pain Task Force. She is a director at large of the TN Pain Society. Past awards include AANP State Excellence Award for Tennessee for her work across the state on the TN Chronic Pain Task Force, as well as advocating for TN Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners and the 2017 Memphis Business Journal Healthcare Hero Award. Holli Martinez FNP-BC, ACHPN®, FPCNHolli has been a nurse for 26 years with the last 17 as an advanced practice registered nurse. In addition to providing palliative care consultations to patients and families, Holli also serves as the Program Director for the Supportive and Palliative Care Program at the University of Utah Hospital and Huntsman Cancer Institute; an adjunct faculty member for the University of Utah College of Nursing; past Board president for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation; and faculty member for UCoPE - Utah Certificate of Palliative Education and Senior Faculty for VitalTalk. She is Board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse. Holli has been inducted as an HPNA Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing and has been honored with the Cambia Foundation Sojourns Award and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners State of Utah Award for Excellence.