End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Train-the-Trainer Session
The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project is a national and international education initiative to improve palliative care. Since 2000, ELNEC is a collaboration between City of Hope, Duarte, CA and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Washington, DC. ELNEC is the world’s leading nursing education initiative focused on improving the care of patients with serious illness and their families. Since its inception, this model academic-practice partnership between AACN and the City of Hope has reached healthcare professionals in all 50 states and over 100 countries around the world.
ELNEC Train-the-Trainer courses provide nurses with education in hospice and palliative nursing, preparing them to serve as instructors teaching this critical information to other nurses in the specialty.
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.
Target Audience
Registered nurses with education in hospice and palliative nursing.
Learning Objectives
- Identify strategies that can be used to educate healthcare professionals related to palliative and end-of-life care
- Implement end-of-life education in their settings
- Evaluate educational activities.
Learning Outcome
After attending this event, participants will self-report increased knowledge related to teaching this critical information to other nurses in the specialty.
Registration Information
This event will be held virtually.
Download this brochure for details: 2021 ELNEC Brochure.pdf
Kristanne Korsgaard, BSN, RN, MNM
Pediatric Palliative Care RN
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian /St. Luke’s
Evangeline MacMillan, BA, BSN, RN, CHPPN
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Sharon Mills, MSN, RN
Care Coordinator, Special Care Clinic
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora Walters, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC
Clinical Nurse IV, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Patty Warner, BSN, RN, CCM
Care Coordinator Special Care Clinic
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Children’s Hospital Colorado is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity for 5.5 nursing contact hours is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Available Credit
- 5.50 Attendance
- 5.50 NCPD