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The
First Annual Excellence in End-of-Life Nursing Education
Consortium (ELNEC) Awards were presented on November 14th
in Lake Buena Vista, FL at the 2002 Baccalaureate Education
Conference. Congratulations to the following nursing school
faculty members for leading innovative implementation
of the ELNEC curriculum within twelve months of ELNEC
training:
Ruth
Ann Britnall, Grand Valley State University (MI)
Vicky Bowden, Azusa Pacific University
(CA)
Kathy Czekanski, Thomas Jefferson
University (PA)
Barbara Daniel, Cecil Community
College (MD)
Elizabeth Freeth, University of
Texas (TX)
Maureen Goode, Washtenaw Community
College and
University of Michigan Health System (MI)
Ann Pinner, Georgia Perimeter College
(GA)
Linda Rodebaugh, University of
Indianapolis (IN)
Roberta Stoops, Oklahoma State University
(OK)
Sandra Walsh, University of Miami
(FL)
Shirley Woolf, Indiana University
(IN)
Melinda Zimmer-Rankin, St. Joseph's
College (ME)
Click
on an individual name to discover why that person is being
honored.
Ruth
Ann Britnall
BSN Program Faculty
- Added
multiple texts to EOL collection
- Increased
journal collection, added: JPSM, Pall Care, JPC, ONF,
Seminars in Oncology Nursing, CA Nursing & various
hospice journals
- Uses
movie/TV clips to illustrate perspectives on death/dying
& to stimulate conversations/discussions.
- Internet
"hunt" for website resources.
- Rep/member
of MI Partnership for Advancement in EOL care; in
contact with other ELNEC trainers.
- Participated
in radio interview regarding EOLC in community.
- Death/Dying
multidisciplinary team at University.
- EOLC
nursing course is one of six courses in university
themes; selection of six classes that focus on death,
dying & views of society on EOLC.
Vicky
Bowden
BSN Program Faculty
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Attended
EOL meeting sponsored by Education Development Center
as a representative from SPN (Society of Pediatric
Nurses), June 2001.
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Lecture
on "Grieving Normally" given out in Family
Theory class was thrown out and replaced with
the ELNEC lecture presentation to own students for
the Family Theory class.
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Copied
20 CDs of ELNEC program and distributed to faculty
and nurses of SPN and members at the EDC Conference
on EOL care.
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Wrote
3 manuscripts for SPN newsletter about EOL articles.
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SPN
collaborating with APON, NANN, and NAPNAP to write
"Precepts to Palliative Care for Children".
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Appointed
as EOL Project Director for SPN.
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April
2002, attended pre-conference day at SPN Conference
on "EOL Issues".
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Completed
"Pediatric Precepts of Palliative Care"
with Last Acts.
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Presented
1-hour presentation at Orange County SPN Conference,
Feb. 2002. April 2002, 1-hour presentation at SPN
National Conference in Washington, DC. Topic: "End-of-Life
Resources for the Pediatric Nurse".
Kathy
Czekanski
BSN Program Faculty
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Lectured
to students at TJU on "Pain and Symptom Mgmt".
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Inclusion
of "Communication", "Spirituality",
and "Grief and Bereavement" introduced into
the main junior class nursing program, Introduction
to Professionalism course.
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Purchased
the video Caring for Mo.
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Community
Health course has added more content on "Hospice"
as a community role as well as
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Cultural
and Ethical Issues Related to EOL Care".
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Developed
a modified version of two of the ELNEC case scenarios
and used as post-conference discussions.
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Included
a member of the Hospital Pastoral Care Team as a speaker
for junior students.
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Senior
students spend all day with a hospice nurse as part
of their clinical rotation in Clinical Health.
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Consult
with the hospice agency in the community for education
to their staff.
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Thomas
Jefferson Univ. was one of the pilot testing schools
for student testing for the ELNEC 109-item questions.
Barbara
Daniel
ADN Program Faculty
- Great
implementation & creativity of ELNEC.
- Expanded
nursing curriculum to include different aspects of
EOL into each session.
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Expanded content on sociocultural;
- Expanded
the content on legal issues to include more depth
on EOL issues.
- Have
added 2 more hours to NUR 104 to include pain
& sx mgmt, communication & achieving quality
of life.
- Expanded
grief, loss & bereavement.
- Looking
at adding more discussion on the terminally ill
child.
- 2nd
year students write a journal re: EOL issues and their
responses to the 5 Wishes.
- Presentation
to Faculty re: ELNEC.
- Clinical
experience expanded to include hospice, long term
care, and acute care facility of dying clients-which
is helping discussion of "real" situations
or questions that students encounter.
- Cooperative
agreement with local hospice association to offer
scholarships to offset tuition for 11 credits of courses
in the 4th semester. Criteria: volunteer 80 hrs of
service, GPA=3.0, & letter of interest.
- Awaiting
response for approval of of a 3 unit course where
1 unit is volunteer time in a hospice.
Elizabeth
Freeth
ADN Program Faculty
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Summer
2002, offered an undergraduate elective course on
"Palliative Care" and "End of Life
Issues". Offered in a "dual-and-track format",
meaning that nurses from the community who are interested
in taking the course for CE credit do so without applying
to the university.
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Student
project on "Pain Management" to the Basic
Med-Surg course requirements. "Palliative
Care Considerations" added to each body system
as progressed through the content.
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Focus
Session discussions on various aspects of EOL care
as part of post-conferences and labs in clinical rotation.
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Negotiations
with local hospice in Texas for a 2-day, 12-hour total
clinical experience for 1st-year students to follow
hospice nurses and participate in weekly multidisciplinary
planning meetings as part of the Med-Surg Clinical
Rotation.
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A
member of the Program Curriculum Committee advocating
for EOL additions to the Advanced Med-Surg
and Pediatric courses.
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Feb
2002, was invited to become a member of the local
chapter of the Texas Partnership for End-of-Life Care,
a coalition of nurses, social workers, clergy, and
interested persons from the community whose objective
is to increase knowledge of EOL care in the lower
Rio Grande Valley.
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As
a member of the Clinical Committee of the Texas Partnership,
working on creating educational offerings for long-term
care facility staff.
Maureen
Goode
ADN Program Faculty
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Collaborated
with Pastoral Care Services Dept to help facilitate
a program for nurses.
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Coordinated
an interdisciplinary hospital task force group developing
a pilot research project for palliative care.
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Disseminated
ELNEC among other faculty members and curriculum reviewed
to incorporate ELNEC materials into curriculum (is
a member of that committee).
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Altered
ethical course to incorporate ethics module. This
course is presented through the Humanities Dept and
is offered not only to nursing students but radiology,
PA students and the general public.
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Formed
and chair a task force group for pediatric palliative
care and developed a business plan.
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EOL
education/presentations:
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Nursing Grand Rounds: How can nursing help patients
achieve the 'least worst death'.
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4th
Annual Medstart Conference: Adding life to the
child's years: The need for pediatric palliative
care services .
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Offered
CE program in Sept, 2002 as joint effort with
local hospice, hospital and university.
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Collaborating
with other state ELNEC trainers to present 4 regional
programs throughout MI state.
Ann
Pinner
ADN Program Faculty
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Identified
areas in nursing curriculum which EOL areas where
repeated or lacking.
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Held
a faculty meeting 2/2/01 to review overlaps/lags of
EOL content:
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areas repeated (loss/grief);
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areas
not addressed (palliative care);
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identified
some areas need to be introduced much earlier
in curriculum;
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discussed
significance of adding clinical experiences with
dying patient.
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Other
faculty members utilized ELNEC resources/materials
in curriculum:
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use "In the Gloaming" video in therapeutic
communication course;
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content
& handouts from pain module used in pharmacology
course for discussion of analgesics;
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loss
& grief exercises used in mental health nursing
course & in perinatal & pediatrics course.
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Curriculum
has 4 sequential nursing courses and EOL content is
included in each course:
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Course I (Foundations of Nursing): grief, loss,
and personal assessment (3 hours);
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Course
II (Int Nursing Care): care of dying patient and
family, communication (4 hours);
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Course
III (Maternal/Child/Women's Health): pediatric
& perinatal aspects (3 hours);
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Course
IV (Advanced Nursing Care): ethical/legal, EOLC
choices, hospice, palliative care (4 hours).
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Collaboration
among faculty to teach EOL content.
Linda
Rodebaugh
ASN & BSN Program Faculty
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Presentation
of ELNEC to faculty, the ASN & BSN curriculum
committee immediately after course and before the
school year.
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ASN
faculty member utilized ELNEC slide contents and all
ASN students participated in the pre/post test process.
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All
upper level BSN students participated in the pre/post
test process.
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Clinical
experience now includes oncology & hospice experience.
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Shared
ELNEC information with physical therapy students.
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Presented
aspects of neonatal hospice (EOL) care to respiratory
therapy students.
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Gave
presentation to parish nurses.
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Integration
of ELNEC content in BSN course in areas of communication,
legal/ethical & cultural care.
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Incorporated
key ideas (communication) in presentation of "Coping
with Death" unit as part of PALS (Pediatric Advanced
Life Support).
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Presented
Module 1 to local SIGMA THETA TAU chapter.
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Became
more proficient in power point presentation thanks
to ELNEC!!!
Roberta
Stoops
BSN Program Faculty
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ELNEC
CD installed on share drive for all faculty.
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Incorporated
into Death, Dying & Grief lecture:
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Pain/sx
management ELNEC used in Summer, 2001 course to a
group of senior nursing students from Oklahoma City
Metro area schools.
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Attended
EPEC workshop & shared materials with faculty
- stressed importance of MD's & RN's coming together
to provide quality care at EOL.
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Incorporating
EOL care into course/lectures to demonstrate that
does not happen when a patient is actively dying:
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Pulmonary Rehab
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Perioperative
Nursing Care
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Adult
Maturation
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Loss,
Death, Dying & Grief.
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Assigns
dying patients to students.
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Involved
in Oklahoma statewide project to "Train the Trainer"
1st Workshop held April 18-19, 2002.
Sandra
Walsh
BSN Program Faculty
- Nurs
504 "Topics in Oncology Nursing" revised,
funded & 2 new professors (ethics & EOL experts)
co-teaching.
- Working
with MD from School of Medicine to incorporate EOL
course.
- Introduce
"Artkart" at bedside of patients in a cancer
center. Trained 3 "artists" and 3 students
to use "Artkart".
- Working
with other clinical agencies to incorporate art activities
with vulnerable populations.
- Appointed
to assist BSN faculty to integrate concepts into existing
courses.
- Clinical
placement of students in oncology units/bereavement
groups.
- Submission
of manuscripts and artwork to nursing journals on
EOL issues.
- Textbook
of Palliative Nursing required in one of elective
classes.
Shirley
Woolf
ASN & BSN Program Faculty
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GREAT
integration of ELNEC into nursing curriculum!!
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Presented
ELNEC to faculty groups and curriculum committees.
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Worked
with professor from another school (South Bend Indiana
University) in presenting ELNEC to the 8 IU campuses.
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Shared
ELNEC with 3 school departments: Adult Health, Environment
for Health, & Family Health.
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Working
on a committee to see how the 15 core competencies
of EOL are threaded throughout the curriculum.
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Students
assigned to critical care areas are given integration
of EOL which include pain mgmt, ethical/legal issues,
culture considerations, and what is palliative care.
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Have
been contacted by 3 hospitals as a resource person.
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Participated
in the ELNEC student test question evaluation process.
Students were given ELNEC materials in preparation
after the pre-test process. This caused great interest
among the students.
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Contacted
several Hospices and Palliative Care units to place
students for clinical experiences.
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Even
though Indiana University faculty thinks there are
curriculum restraints to include EOL, Shirley Woolf
still encourages faculty to use the resources to try
to implement without inventing anything new. Faculty
feedback has been positive.
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Brings
in EOL/Palliative Care speakers to speak to students.
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Awareness
of students, faculty, and staff of Midwest Bioethics
initiatives "Caring Conversations", and
general overall awareness of resources related to
EOL and Palliative care.
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Continues
to be involved with Indiana Initiatives related to
end-of-life care: helping to bring information to
the community related to these issues; involved with
EOL and Palliative care workshops.
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A
future goal is to have a Master's Program in Palliative
Care at Indiana University.
Melinda
Zimmer-Rankin
BSN Program Faculty
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Developed
4 hour EOL lab for sophomore nursing students which
includes:
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Showing of "Caring for Mo"
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Discussion
of each ELNEC module
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Exercise
for students which illustrates their own preferences
at the time of death.
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Identified
EOL resources.
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Guest
speaker:
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Nurse educators in Maine
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Maine
Hospice Council.
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Added
EOL research topic to Jr. level paper to include:
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Worked
with Nursing Department to formulate/incorporate the
words "End of Life" in curriculum.
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Seniors
graduating are given "EOL" certificates
at pinning.
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Hyperlink
to online resources for lecture presentation.
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EOL
poster outlining components of 9 ELNEC modules.
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Nursing
department held conference 5/31/02 - One of sessions
discussed ELNEC curriculum
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Assigns
dying patients/experiences to student.
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