End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)

Dedicated to Educating Nurses in Excellent Palliative Care
The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project is a national education initiative to improve palliative care. Read more...

MARCH 13, 2013
City of Hope and AACN Partner to Enhance Care for Patients by Integrating Palliative Care Content into DNP Curriculum

New National Cancer Institute (NCI) funding will support national DNP faculty development effort. Click here to read the March 12, 2013 press release.

Click here to read the overview and purpose of this project.

Further information about dates/locations of the courses, eligibility requirements, agenda, application, faculty, and FAQ will be available by May 15, 2013.
NOTE: The first two courses will be held in early 2014. 
 

2013 National ELNEC Courses Announced

Two National ELNEC-Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) training courses will be held. These courses will provide 2 specific tracks: One for perinatal/neonatal/ pediatric APRNs, and one for APRNs working with adults.

• ELNEC-Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
  April 4-5, 2013
  Anaheim, CA
  Registration Form
• ELNEC-Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
  November 5-6, 2013
  Washington, DC
  Registration Form
  
  View the announcement, flyer, ELNEC-APRN FAQs, Agenda, and Faculty
  
  Want to go to Disneyland while you are in Anaheim? If so, click here for the discount.

Four national ELNEC-Core train-the-trainer courses will be held in collaboration with HPNA:

• ELNEC-Core Train-the-Trainer
  May 14-15, 2013
  St. Louis, Missouri
• ELNEC-Core Train-the-Trainer and ELNEC-Pediatric Palliative Care
  July 30-31, 2013
  Boston, MA
• ELNEC-Core Train-the-Trainer
  October 8-9, 2013
  Lake Buena Vista (Orlando) FL
  
  Click here to access registration forms, agenda, and faculty listing for each of these courses.
• ELNEC-Critical Care Train-the-Trainer
  November 5-6, 2013
  Washington, DC
  
  Click here for registration form, agenda, and listing of faculty.

ELNEC: History, Statewide Effort & Recommendations for the Future: Advancing Palliative Nursing Care

A monograph detailing over 11 years of work in palliative care, committed to improving nursing education, practice, and research.

ELNEC Trainer Angela Lee, Co-Founder of Hospice Without Borders

To learn more about the impressive work from Angela visit, http://www.aacn.nche.edu/elnec/about/Rwanda-Report.pdf. To learn more about Hospice Without Borders, visit www.hospicewithoutborders.com.

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