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ELNEC Courses

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2021 National ELNEC Courses

ELNEC Oncology APRN 
Portland, OR | March 10-12, 2021 
This National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Grant funded course will prepare oncology ARPNs as generalists in palliative care. Application required. Selected participants receive free registration, 3 nights lodging, and more. Participants must work in a cancer setting, have an MSN or DNP (PhD considered if 100% clinical), and must not be working on a palliative care team. Please review the conference brochure for more information. The application period is open until all spots are full. Apply now.

ELNEC Summit
Charleston, SC | April 15-16
This ELNEC Summit includes APRN Adult, APRN Pediatric, Core, and Pediatric. Courses are held simultaneously- you must choose one. All courses are train-the-trainer. Review the course brochure  for more information. Registration is now open.  Discounts for early bird and multiple colleagues are available.

ELNEC Oncology APRN
Austin, TX | September 8-10
This National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Grant funded courses which will prepare oncology ARPNs as generalists in palliative care. Application required. Selected participants receive free registration, 3 nights lodging, and more. Participants must work in a cancer setting, have an MSN or DNP (PhD considered if 100% clinical), and must not be working on a palliative care team. The conference brochure and application will be available in 2021. This is the final course offering for this grant.

ELNEC Summit
Chicago, IL (Oak Brooke) | October 7-8
This ELNEC Summit includes APRN Adult, Communication, Core, Critical Care, Geriatric. Courses are held simultaneously- you must choose one. All courses are train-the-trainer. The course brochure and registration will be available in 2021. Discounts for early bird and multiple colleagues are available.

Additional Courses: Interprofessional Communication Curriculum (ICC) 
An NCI grant funded course hosted by the Division of Nursing Research & Education (NRE) at City of Hope under the leadership of Betty Ferrell and Haley Buller. Intended audience: interprofessional teams of two (nurses, chaplains, and social workers) in adult oncology. Now accepting applications for our 2021 course scheduled for June 2-4 in Washington DC. For more information please visit the ICC website at www.cityofhope.org/ICC. For questions, email Yesel Arvizu at yarvizu@coh.org.  

*Course is held in partnership with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA). Visit the HPNA website for details and/or contact  Nancy Lynn Benninger at nancylynnb@hpna.org  

Please note the Regional courses are sometimes Trainings and sometimes Train-the-Trainer. See FAQ for more information.

ELNEC Core

ELNEC Core Training Course: September 30 - October 1, 2020; Gilbert, AZ
For more information and/or to register, contact Tamara Fischer at tamara.fischer@dignityhealth.org or (480) 728-5625.

ELNEC Core Training Course:  September 30-October 1, 2020; Chandler, AZ
For further information and/or to register, contact Tamara Fischer at tamara.fischer@dignityhealth.org; (480) 728-5625).

ELNEC Core Training Course: October 7-8, 2020; Missoula, MT
For more information and/or to register, contact Merry Byrd at mbyrd@communitymed.org or (406) 327-4062.

ELNEC Cruise:  October 19-November 2, 2020; Quebec City to Ft. Lauderdale, FL
For more information, see brochure. 

ELNEC Core Training Course: October 20, 2020; Broward Health Medical Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl
See flyer for more information. For questions and/or to register, contact Melody Leeds. mleeds@browardhealth.org.

ELNEC Core Training Course: Tuesdays October 20, October 27, November 10, 2020; Charlottesville, VA
A Live, Internet-Based, Interactive Seminar at the University of Virginia. For more information and/or to register, see course flyer or contact Linda Hanson at llh3x@virginia.edu or (434)982-4136.

ELNEC Core Training Course: October 29, 2020; Tulsa, OK
Course provided by Clarehouse. Register here. For questions contact Britni Smith at bsmith@clarehouse.org or 918-893-6150.

ELNEC Core Training Course:  November 3 & 4, 2020; Greenville, NC
For further information and/or to register, call 252-744-4315.

ELNEC Geriatric

ELNEC Geriatric Train-the-Trainer Course:  August 12-13, 2020; Pierz, MN
For further information and/or to register, contact Shelly Hanneken at shanneken@horizonheatlhservices.com; 320-468-6451.

ELNEC Pediatric

ELNEC Pediatric Training Course: November 9-10, 2020; University of California Davis Health, Sacramento, CA
For further information and/or to register, contact Ashley Vieira (afvieira@ucdavis.edu; (916) 734-9694) or Misty Cahoon (mdcahoon@ucdavis.edu, 916-734-9796)

ELNEC Critical Care

ELNEC Critical Care Training Course: September 23-24, 2020; UCHealth, Fort Collins, CO
Register here. For questions, contact Margaret Budai at peggy.budai@uchealth.org or (970) 219-0061.

ELNEC APRN

ELNEC APRN Training Course: October 10, 2020; New Providence, NJ
Virtual course in collaboration with NJ Palliative Care APN Consortium and Rutgers School of Nursing. For more information and/or to register, see course flyer or contact Gillian McKie at gilly@mckie.com or (908) 405-2299.

ELNEC Communication

ELNEC Communication Training Course: December 3-4, 2020; UCHealth, Fort Collins, CO
For further information and/or to register, contact Margaret Budai at peggy.budai@uchealth.org or (970) 219-0061.

Online

CEs provided. See individual course listing on Relias for more details.

Online ELNEC Curricula: Core, Critical Care, Geriatric, Pediatric
To access ELNEC- Core, ELNEC- Critical Care, ELNEC- Geriatric, and ELNEC- Pediatric, please visit the Relias website:

Undergraduate

Certificate of Completion will be provided. CEs are not offered for Undergraduate or Graduate students.

To review the outline, objectives, FAQ, press releases, new palliative care competencies (CARES), and to view a 2-minute trailer which demonstrates the format of every module, visit the ELNEC Academy website.

Cost is $29/student for 12 months of access.

If you are an institution wishing to buy in bulk- please see prices below.

 
Bulk Discounting Schedule for Schools Purchasing for Student Groups
 Group Size  Discount Rate  Low Limit  High Limit
1-24 students 5% discount  $29.00 $661.20
25-49 students 7.5% discount $670.63 $1,314.43
50-74 students  10% discount  $1,305 $1,931.40
75-99 students 12.5% discount $1,903.13 $2,515.13
100-149 students 15% discount $2,465  $3,672.85
150+ students 20% discount $3,480 n/a

Available for your Institution’s bookstore: ELNEC-Undergraduate Online Curriculum.  Email Relias at reliasacademy@reliaslearning.com if you would like to add the ELNEC-Undergraduate Curriculum to your bookstore. 
 

 

Graduate

Certificate of Completion will be provided. CEs are not provided for registered nurses who are students in an RN-BSN program.

The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium’s (ELNEC) Graduate Online Curriculum is set to launch September 1, 2019. This online curriculum, which meets the competencies and recommendations of the 2019 American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) G-Cares document, is designed specifically for master’s degree and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students.  

The course can be taught online, in the classroom, or a hybrid of both.  There are six, 1-hour modules available:

  • Introduction to Palliative Nursing
  • Communication in Palliative Care
  • Pain Management in Palliative Care
  • Symptom Management in Palliative Care
  • Final Hours of Life
  • APN Leadership in Serious Illness

The cost is $29/per student for 12-month access.  

Questions?
For general sign-up, non-technical questions:  elnec@coh.org.
For technical issues, contact Relias at 844-735-2223 or www.elnec.academy.reliaslearning.com/contact.aspx.

2020 International ELNEC Courses

ELNEC Critical Care Training Course: June 15 to July 13, Metro Manila, Philippines – Webinar via Zoom
Every Monday & Thursday; Hosted by The Ruth Foundation for Palliative & Hospice Care, Inc. For more information, contact Carmel Vicencio at training@ruth.ph or (632) 808-6079, or Virgie Roldan, virgie.roldan@ruth.ph. These are nine culturally-contextualized (Philippines) and CoViD-19-integrated ELNEC-Critical Care Modules.