Research has demonstrated that patients facing serious, life-limiting illnesses and their
families benefit from receiving palliative care. Increasingly, however, specialty palliative care …

Death is a common occurrence in the hospital setting. Research findings indicate that
nurses lack knowledge and are uncomfortable with the care of seriously ill or dying patients …

Palliative care education at the undergraduate and graduate level is necessary to improve
the competency and confidence of nurses and ultimately improve the care of patients with a …

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 …

The purpose of this article is to present the foundation for the End-of-Life Nursing Education
Consortium (ELNEC) curriculum. Foundational content focuses on the need to improve end …

The ability to provide primary palliative care is a skill set that nurse practitioners should
acquire, develop, and refine. The relief of suffering—physical, emotional, and spiritual …

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 …

This article describes an innovative approach to educating gerontological nurse practitioner
students about the needs of patients and their families related to palliative and end-of-life …

To help nurses develop effective clinical decision-making skills, it is essential that palliative
care education includes opportunities for undergraduate and practicing nurses to develop …

Nursing strongly values comfort and patient-centered care at the end of life, but little end-of-
life content is included in most basic nursing education programs. An innovative way to …