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ForwardEnd-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Pediatric Palliative Care - May 2024
LIVE AND VIRTUAL COURSE
Overview
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.
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.
Target Audience
This course was developed for healthcare professionals to provide a more thorough understanding of how the end of child's life impacts families, friends, and caregivers.
Who should attend?
- Undergraduate and graduate pediatric nursing faculty
- CE providers and staff development educators working in-pediatric settings
- Hospice nurses
- Homecare nurses
- APRN/staff nurses working in pediatric acute care settings (i.e. oncology, medical/surgical, palliative care settings, NICU, PICU, clinics, etc.)
Other members of the pediatric interdisciplinary team are welcome to attend, with the understanding that the curriculum is written by nurses for nurses.
Learner Outcome
After attending this event, participants will report increased knowledge related to providing evidence-based care for patients, as well as emotional and spiritual support to caregivers and survivors.
Objectives
- Identify the principles of palliative care that impact nursing care for children.
- Identify spiritual and cultural considerations present at end of life.
- Identify barriers to adequate pain relief in palliative care and describe pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies used to relieve pain.
- Explain ethical dilemmas that may arise in pediatric palliative care and apply ethical principles in addressing these issues.
- Discuss the role of the nurse at the time of a child’s death.
- Describe the impact of patient death in the Emergency Department and the resources available to address these issues.
- Describe four elements of resiliency to increase their capacity to flourish as healthcare providers.
- Describe unique characteristics of neonatal palliative care and strategies to overcome.
- Describe communication strategies for end of life discussions.
- Recognize most common distressing symptoms at the end-of-life.
- Describe the concepts of grief and bereavement and identify tools that can be used to support families.
- Identify strategies for becoming a change agent with palliative care and end of life.
*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.
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 ELNEC 2024.pdf | 1.07 MB |
Agenda
Monday, May 13, 2024 | |
7:30am | Check-in and breakfast |
7:55 | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Dora Mueller, MSPC, BSN, RN, CHPPN | |
8:00 | Introduction to Pediatric Palliative Care |
Evangeline MacMillan, RN, MSPC, BSN, BA | |
9:00 | Perinatal and Neonatal Palliative Care |
Ashley Spalla, BSN RNC-NIC | |
10:00 | Break |
10:10 | Pain |
Kelly M. Freng, MSN, RN, PPCNP-BC, PMGT-BC | |
11:40 | Lunch |
12:20pm | Cultural and Spiritual Considerations in Pediatric Palliative Care and Panel |
Sara Reynolds, MDiv, BCC | |
1:50 | Symptom Management |
Kelly Drake, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC | |
3:20 | Break |
3:30 | Sudden and Traumatic Death – Emergency Department Panel |
4:30 | Questions and Answers, Evaluation, and Wrap-up |
4:45 | Adjourn |
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | |
7:45am | Check-in and breakfast |
7:55 | Welcome & Opening remarks |
Aurora Walters, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC | |
8:00 | Final Hours in Pediatric Palliative Care |
Dora Mueller, MSPC, BSN, RN, CHPPN | |
9:00 | Communication |
Stacy Anderson, DNP, CPNP, RN | |
10:30 | Break |
10:55 | Family Panel |
12:00pm | Lunch |
12:45 | Loss, Grief and Bereavement |
Analise (AJ) Lotz, MA, LPCC, CCLS | |
1:45 | Break |
2:00 | Ethical Issues |
Karen Jones, MS, RN | |
3:00 | Creating a Culture of Self-Care |
Adam B. Hill, MD | |
4:00 | Questions and Answers, Evaluation, and Wrap-up |
4:30 | Adjourn |
This course will be held in the Medical Conference and Education Center at the Children's Hospital Colorado. Virtual leaners will receive a Zoom link via email prior to the event.
Parking Information
CHCO team member should park in their assigned parking locations. Guest to the hospital may park in Lot 10 just East of the hospital on Victor Street.
Anna Abrams, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending
Children's Hospital Colorado
SCORE Research Fellow Adult & Child Center for Outcomes Research & Deliver Science (ACCORDS)
Stacy Anderson, DNP, RN, CPNP
Senior Instructor
University of Colorado
Palliative Medicine Team
Children's Hospital Colorado
Kelly Drake, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
Senior Instructor
University of Colorado
Palliative Medicine Team
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Kelly M. Freng, MSN, RN, PPCNP-BC, PMGT-BC
Instructor
University Of Colorado
Palliative Care Program
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Adam B. Hill, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Section Head of Pediatric Palliative Medicine
Tanner and Ellie Seebaum Endowed Chair of Palliative Medicine
Children's Hospital Colorado
Karen Jones, MS, RN
Clinical Ethics Program Manager
Children's Hospital Colorado
Analise (AJ) Lotz, MA, LPCC, CCLS
Bereavement Coordinator
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Evangeline G. MacMillan, RN, MSPC, BSN, BA
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Dora Mueller, MSPC, RN, CHPPN
Specialty Coordinator
Pediatric Palliative Medicine
Children's Hospital Colorado
Sara Reynolds, MDiv, BCC
Chaplain
Spiritual Care
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Ashley Spalla, BSN, RNC-NIC
Clinical Nurse II
Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery
Children’s Hospital Colorado
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Nursing: Children’s Hospital Colorado is approved with distinction 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 14.5 nursing contact hours (5/13 - 7.75 hours; 5/14 - 6.75 hours) is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Others: A general certificate of attendance will be provided to all other attendees.
Available Credit
- 14.50 Attendance
- 14.50 NCPD
Price
Cancellation Policy
No refunds will be granted, although you may send a substitute. Please reach out to cancel your registration and to register the substitute. The Planning Committee reserves the right to alter the agenda or cancel the conference in the event of an unforeseen circumstance, or if the minimum registration is not attained by April 14, 2024, with a full refund to participants.