Excellence in ELNEC Award Winners Named January 10-12, 2002 Undergraduate "Train the Trainer" Course (click here to view other winners) Excellence in End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Award winners have been named for the January 10-12, 2002 Undergraduate ELNEC Course. Congratulations to the following individuals for leading innovative implementation of the ELNEC curriculum within twelve months of their ELNEC training: Joy Buck, Shenandoah University (VA) Maureen Daws, Binghamton University (NY) Suzy H. Fletcher, Indiana State University (IN) Madeline Lambrecht, University of Delaware (DE) Stephanie M. Schim, Wayne State University (MI) Ingrid Sheets, Dominican University of California (CA) Click on an individual name to discover why that person is being honored. Joy Buck, MSN, RN Conducted two workshops to present the ELNEC curriculum to faculty (nursing and interdisciplinary health professions) and discuss the integration of end-of-life care across curricula. Presented nursing curriculum for examination by curriculum committee and an end-of-life content map was completed. In a six-month period, end-of-life content was incorporated in six courses. Identified key faculty to incorporate end-of-life content into courses across the curriculum. Established on-going relationships with two area hospices to place students. Many students chose hospice nursing upon graduation. Was contacted by a local initiative to improve end-of-life care to help with a needs assessment and provide education for area health care providers. Maureen Daws, MS, RN Each faculty of the undergraduate curriculum committee at the university was presented the ELNEC syllabus and explanation of the training program. The undergraduate curriculum committee approved a palliative care elective for senior students. Implemented four ELNEC modules into the junior year: pain, communication, culture, and grief, loss & bereavement. Achieved her personal goal to complete a bereavement facilitator program offered by the American Academy of Bereavement. Met with hospital chaplain to form a bereavement support group within the community. Contacted local hospice program and discussed offering nursing staff ELNEC in a workshop format. Taught two modules (culture and ethical/legal) to area home health palliative care team. Participated with parish nurse ministry one Sunday dedicated to supplying information on questions regarding health care proxy's and living wills for the homebound in the community. Met with dean of area community college to present ELNEC as an option for their students/curriculum. Suzy H. Fletcher, DNSc, RN Students in senior semester complete an assignment in end of life. ELNEC is used for resources and materials for this training. Shared ELNEC materials with nursing school faculty and used them in the classroom. Presented to health care professionals (medical students, anesthesiologists, family practice physicians, and dentists) using ELNEC materials and information for care in Brazil, South America. In addition, she was able to use the information to help personal friends cope with losses. Provided training workshop for the Indiana Rural Health Conference. Anticipation of utilizing options of tapping into local churches, agricultural resources, police and fire departments for access to information. Personal experience with cancer along with a couple of colleagues and ELNEC has provided comfort, support and information in embattling the health care system. Madeline Lambrecht, EdD, RN Coordinated a workshop to make ELNEC available to university nursing faculty. University faculty have integrated ELNEC activities within their curriculum related to grief and death. Gave two presentations on grief at Delaware Nurses Association programs. Collaborated with other ELNEC trainers within the state of Delaware to implement a three-day "Train the Trainer" program targeted to staff educators and others in leadership positions in healthcare facilities throughout Delaware. This was done through the support of the Delaware Nurses Association, the Delaware EOL Coalition, and the University of Delaware Hospice. Forty-eight (48) nurses completed the program with 6 & 12 month follow-up. Won election as vice president of ADEC, the Association for Death Education and Counseling, for the 2003-2004 term and chairs the Death Education Task Force of the Delaware End-of-Life Coalition. Launched a new Web site for Delaware schools titled Supporting Grieving Children and the Families (http://www.udel.edu/dsp/sgcf). Instrumental in having the Division of Nursing Education of the Delaware Nurses Association consider presenting a CE program for nursing faculty throughout the state focus on teaching strategies for EOL care. Stephanie M. Schim, PhD, RN Presented ELNEC modules to school faculty and the curriculum committee, which is considering the inclusion of end-of-life content across the undergraduate curriculum. Segments of ELNEC have been incorporated into existing curriculum. Collaborated with local Veteran's Affairs hospital to present ELNEC "Train the Trainer" program. Collaborated with other Michigan ELNEC trainers in presenting four ELNEC "Train the Trainer" sessions in various parts of the state. This is done in collaboration with the Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. Presented ELNEC materials/summary to Wayne State University interdisciplinary colleagues. Ingrid Sheets, MS, RN Presented ELNEC to university faculty. Acts as an end-of-life resource person for the faculty in incorporating end-of-life content in existing curriculum related to grief, loss, bereavement, overview of palliative care, and ethics. Obtained contract with local hospice (Hospice & AIDS) for student clinical placement for community health. Presented end-of-life content to ombudsman program of Sonoma county using ELNEC slides/materials (overview of palliative care & pain management). Used ELNEC materials to present a lecture on ethics and the elderly to Marin county. Applied to an EdD program to pursue end-of-life care and the elderly.   Top | End-of-Life Care | AACN Home Copyright © 2005 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All rights reserved.