Excellence in ELNEC Award Winners Named June 20-22, 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 June 20-22, 2002 Undergraduate ELNEC Course. Congratulations to the following individuals for leading innovative implementation of the ELNEC curriculum within twelve months of their ELNEC training: Ann Marie Kelly, Catholic Memorial Home (MA) Kay (Kathleen) McClain, Emergency Nurses Association (IL) Barbara Richards, Florida Hospital Waterman (FL) Katie Schatz, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (CA) Laura Williams, Saint Joseph's Hospital (GA) Click on an individual name to discover why that person is being honored. Ann Marie Kelly, BSN Shared ELNEC with other disciplines within the institution. Offered CE program with ELNEC materials and content to area hospitals, long-term facilities, home health care, and other health care providers. Attended the meeting that initiated the Massachusetts Pain Initiative and was instrumental in including end-of-life in the initiative. Appointed chair of the Education committee for the Massachusetts Pain Initiative. Included end-of-life education, using ELNEC content, in Diocesan Health Facilities (group of 5 long-term facilities) in orientation and for new graduate nurses. An annual review is mandatory for all clinical professionals. Kay (Kathleen) McClain, MSN Instrumental in having a position statement written for Emergency Nurses Association on "End-of-Life Care in the Emergency Department" (http://www.ena.org/about/position/endoflife.asp). Member of the ENA Geriatric Task Force which produced a one day course Asked to write a new chapter for the 6th edition of the Emergency Nursing Manual on "End-of-Life Issues" due for publication September 2004. Speaking engagements: 9/03: Annual ENA meeting on Prep/Care @ Time of Death (along with communication); 11/02: Boston ENA chapter: Symptom Management; 12/02: Central MA ENA chapter: Symptom Management; 11/03: Massachusetts (audience of 100); and 10/03: Florida (audience of 200 various health care providers). Article published--McClain K, Perkins P. (2002). Terminally ill patients in the emergency department: a practical overview of end-of-life issues. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 28(6):515-22. Other publications: 2/03: ENA newsletter; 7/03: interview for "Emergency Nursing" update both on EOL. Barbara Richards, MSN Presented ELNEC to hospital leadership (Patient Care Council), which formed a committee to conduct a palliative care institutional assessment. Determined what was "present" or "not-present" in institution and devise a plan. Determined educational needs of hospital nursing staff: Identify pts near EOL in a timely manner; Improve comfort level & communication skills of caregivers caring for loved ones @ EOL; How to deal with individual & cultural diversity; and Improve pain management. Identify members for interdisciplinary team for palliative care management. Updated hospital Standards of Care and policies & procedures regarding EOL. Survey of physicians (ongoing). Offered all nine modules (4 x). Participants included: nursing, pastoral care, dieticians, cancer center abstractors, parish nurses, and student nurses with instructor. Four modules presented to the Graduate nurse internship program. Plans for future include disseminating ELNEC to nursing schools, emergency medical services and church groups in collaboration with other ELNEC trainers in the Florida area. Katie Schatz, RN Provided ELNEC information to the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Ethics work group. The group then wrote monthly end-of-life publications for the organization newsletter (ANEW). Developed 6 articles for continuing education; one was published on the organization Web site and five were published in the American Journal of Critical Care Nurses. Planned to have EOL concurrent education sessions (11 sessions) at The National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition 2003 in San Antonio, TX (6300 participants). Laura Williams, BSN Incorporated EOL competencies within institution for staff & new hires by: Attending staff meetings on all nursing units (19) in the hospital to explain the palliative care program; Gained administrative support to provide EOL education for nursing & medical staff (including ICU); Designed specific ELNEC for 4 critical care units; Connected with other Atlanta area ELNEC trainers to assist with training; Added EOL education/station to annual skill lab validation; and Palliative care added to new orientation. Collaborated with other area ELNEC trainers to offer courses for local oncology nurses, hospice nurses, and student nurses. Provided three ELNEC courses in 2003. Contacted area schools of nursing to incorporate ELNEC materials into undergraduate & graduate curriculum. Provided a palliative care rotation for nursing interns. Provided a seminar on ethics for senior nursing students (Spring, 2003). Continues to speak in the community: Local & Regional AACN (critical care) chapters CDC Cancer Conference Georgia Organization of Nursing Leaders Top | End-of-Life Care | AACN Home Copyright © 2005 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. All rights reserved.