Since January 2001, over 4,200 nurses, representing all 50 US states and the District of
Columbia, have attended 1 of 40 national End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium …

Background: Advanced practice nurses (APNs) are crucial in the provision of quality end-
oflife care. However, little attention is devoted to palliative care in most graduate nursing …

Over the past 7 years, more than 4500 nurses have attended a national ELNEC train-the-
trainer course. These trainers have returned to their universities, clinics, acute care facilities …

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 …

Background: Previous research has demonstrated that nursing education has not prepared
nurses to provide optimum end-of-life (EOL) care; and yet, care of patients at the EOL is …

In 2000, the City of Hope Medical Center and the American Association of Colleges of
Nursing (AACN) developed the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)-Core …

Care of patients at the end of life is contingent on adequate preparation of health care
providers. Nursing, as the predominant caring profession in end-of-life (EOL) care, must …

Abstract The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) is a train-the-trainer
educational program to help nursing faculty integrate care of the dying patient and the …

Nurses are called to lead and transform palliative care, compelling nurse educators to
provide the requisite education to do so. All nursing students need to learn primary palliative …

Objective: It is imperative that nurses are proficient and comfortable providing care to
patients at the end of life. Recent studies show that nurses' knowledge of end-of-life care is …