
End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)
The Core Curriculum addresses the essential elements needed to care for both family and patient during chronic illness and End-of-Life. The Core Curriculum is made up of a eight different modules and will be divided up into four half-day sessions. This course will cover Part 3: Culture (Module 5) & Communication (Module 6).
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 o f Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and are used with permission.
Target Audience
Registered Nurses
Learning Objectives
Module 5: Culture
-Identify dimensions of culture and the influence of culture and spirituality on palliative care for patients across the lifespan.
-Conduct a cultural and spiritual assessment of patients facing serious illness
-Recognize the role of the interprofessional team in cultural and spiritual sensitivity.
Module 6: Communication
-Identify important elements of effective communication
-Discuss the importance of interprofessional communication and communication with the individual with serious illness and their family
caregivers.
-Describe steps in communicating bad news.
Education Classroom 2nd floor
Kate Robinson, MSN, RN, OCN
Anastasia (Stacy) Jacobs, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, ACHPN
The activity's Nurse Planner has determined that no one who has the ability to control the content of this CNE activity - planning committee members and presenters/authors/content reviewers - has a conflict of interest. Please send any questions to [email protected]
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 be registered for this class, attend the program in its entirety, complete course requisites, and complete the evaluation tool.
Available Credit
- 4.00 Attendance
- 4.00 Nursing Contact Hours
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