@article{9e88184762ad4386aea342a66e43dfdf,
title = "Graduate nursing education regarding end-of-life care",
abstract = "Death from chronic illness continues to be associated with unrelieved symptoms, occurring in a hospital or other institution, with little discussion about advance directives. The role of nursing, particularly advanced practice nurses, is critical to improving care at the end of life. However, little attention is devoted to palliative care in most graduate nursing curricula, leaving advanced practice nurses poorly prepared to meet the needs of those approaching the end of their lives. The Graduate Educators program of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC-Graduate) is one solution to this healthcare crisis. ELNEC-Graduate builds upon the existing ELNEC-Core program, yet focuses on the unique learning needs of advanced practice nurses. The purpose of the program is to provide nursing faculty with the knowledge and materials necessary to include palliative care throughout the graduate nursing curriculum, educating advanced practice nurses who will ultimately improve the care of those with life-threatening illness.",
author = "Paice, {Judith A.} and Ferrell, {Betty R.} and Rose Virani and Marcia Grant and Pam Malloy and Anne Rhome",
note = "Funding Information: The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) was originally supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (Geraldine Bednash, PhD, FAAN, Principal Investigator) and City of Hope National Medical Center (Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, Principal Investigator). The ELNEC-Graduate project was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute. Funding Information: The ELNEC-Graduate program is funded by a grant from the National Cancer Institute. Courses are held over a 3-day period, with 4 annual courses planned (2 have already been conducted and others are planned for 2005 and 2006). Workshop participants receive approximately 18 hours of didactic and experiential training, supported by extensive written resources and all handouts and slide materials on CD-ROM to facilitate teaching of EOL content. The project was originally funded for approximately 60 faculty to attend each course, with an eventual total of 240 participants representing 240 graduate nursing schools from all 50 states. However, the demand has been so significant that the investigators have been able to accommodate 153 attendees at the first 2 courses. Participants have come from 49 states. ",
year = "2006",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.outlook.2005.04.003",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "54",
pages = "46--52",
journal = "Nursing Outlook",
issn = "0029-6554",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
number = "1",
}