End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Programs
If interested in more information or arranging for a program for your facility or group, contact Cyndi@RealNurseEd.com
ELNEC Programs offered:
The Purpose
of this program is to train health care professionals in end of life and palliative care through a comprehensive program that has been successfully utilized throughout the United States.The attendees will become ELNEC Trained (if they attend the 8 hour didactic program only) or ELNEC Trainers (if they attend the 16 hour Train the Trainer Conference) who are encouraged to educate other health care professionals in palliative care and end of life.
Cyndi Cramer, BA, RN, OCN, PCRN, has enhanced this course to include additional content that will give the participants even more tools to help them in these goals. Cyndi also developed the PCRN & PCRP concept and graduates of the enhanced program will become a PCRN (Palliative Care Resource Nurse) or PCRP (Palliative Care Resource Professional)
The Target Audience for this program includes health care professionals from a wide variety of areas. RN’s, LPN’s, APN’s, MD’s, Administrators, Chaplains, Social Workers, Psychologists, Therapists & others are encouraged to attend.
Continuing Education Credit: RealNurseEd will award 25 Contact Hours to Nurses who attend the extended course in it’s entirety and fill out the evaluation. (16-18 hours if they attend a simple Train the Trainer Conference and 8-9 hours if they attend an ELNEC Program with only the didactic content) Contact Cyndi@RealNurseEd.com for info about possible credit in non-nursing specialties. RealNurseEd is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing through the Florida Board of Nursing. Application is being made to AACN (American Assoc. of Critical Care Nurses) for contact hours for CCRN renewal for the Critical Care ELNEC Conference.
The participants will also receive an ELNEC Trainer Certificate from AACN (American Assoc. of Colleges of Nursing)
Cost of Course Includes:
8 to 25 contact hours, extensive handouts & complete CD of all ELNEC materials, PCRN/PCRP pin for those completing extended program, & ELNEC Trainer Certificate from AACN
Course Objectives: Provided at program & found at national website: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/elnec/index.htm
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The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Project is a national end-of-life educational program administered by City of Hope National Medical Center (COH) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) designed to enhance palliative care in nursing. The ELNEC Project was originally funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with additional support from funding organizations (the National Cancer Institute, Aetna Foundation and Archstone Foundation). Materials are copyrighted by COH and AACN and are used with permission. Further information about the ELNEC project can be found at: www.aacn.nche.edu/ELNECCourse Content:
The following modules with correlating break out sessions (plus additional presentations) will be covered in the program:
Additional Specialty Breakouts:
Breakout Sessions are interactive and include role play, case studies, videos and hands on practice