ELNEC Part 1

October 3, 2024

The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Project is a national and international end-of-life/palliative care educational program administered by City of Hope (COH) designed to enhance palliative care in nursing. Materials are copyrighted by City of Hope and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and are used with permission.

Module 1: Palliative Nursing

Module 2: Pain Management 

Target Audience

Registered Nurses 

Learning Objectives

Nursing Learning Outcome:

Palliative Nursing:

Describe the role of the nurse in providing quality palliative care for patients across the lifespan and health settings
Identify with the role of collaboration within interdisciplinary or interprofessional team members while implementing the nursing role in palliative care.
Recognize how health disparities, population demographics, healthcare economics, and service delivery necessitate improved professional preparation for palliative care.
Describe the philosophy and principles of hospice and palliative care that can be integrated across settings to affect quality care for individuals with serious illness,
Discuss aspects of assessing physiological, psychological, spiritual, cultural, and social domains of quality of life for patients and families facing serious illness.
Pain Management:

Identify barriers to adequate pain relief in serious illness for patients across the life span.

List components of a thorough pain assessment.

Describe pharmacological and nonpharmacological therapies used to relieve pain.

Discuss the role of the nurse involved with pain assessment and management in serious illness.

 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 4.00 Attendance
  • 4.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 4.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

Course opens: 
10/02/2024
Course expires: 
10/11/2024
Event starts: 
10/03/2024 - 8:30am CDT
Event ends: 
10/03/2024 - 1:00pm CDT
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Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX 77030
United States

 

 

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Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

To be awarded 4.00 continuing professional development hours, the participant must attend the program in its entirety and complete the evaluation tool.

Available Credit

  • 4.00 Attendance
  • 4.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 4.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

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