ELNEC-Undergraduate Curriculum: First Year of Successes & Lessons Learned
Webinar Description
This webinar highlights the overwhelming successes of the first year of implementation of the interactive, online, ELNEC- Undergraduate Curriculum for undergraduate nursing students. Over 200 schools are enrolled or are enrolling in the curriculum Spring 2018 semester! However, many are still not aware of this great opportunity. Join in and hear how you can access the curriculum, the most current evaluation data, and experience the success this has been happening across the country. An ELNEC- Undergraduate champion faculty member will share her challenges getting the curriculum into her College of Nursing, her strategies to engage the faculty in its importance, lessons learned, and the students’ enthusiastic responses.
Objectives:
- Describe the first year’s success with the ELNEC- Undergraduate curriculum
- Discuss the challenges some schools have faced getting the curriculum into their programs
Speakers
Director and Co-Investigator of the ELNEC Project
Special Advisor on Global Initiatives
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Pam Malloy is an oncology clinical nurse specialist with over 30 years of experience in Clinical Medical/Surgical and Oncology nursing, Staff Development, Education and Administration. Ms. Malloy is currently the Director of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Project at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in Washington, DC and is Co-Investigator for the ELNEC-Critical Care, ELNEC-Geriatric, and ELNEC-For Veterans projects. Ms. Malloy has written numerous articles on palliative care, which have been published in national and international journals. Ms. Malloy was inducted as a Fellow of Palliative Care Nursing (FPCN) in 2009 and is also a Florence Wald Fellow. In addition, Ms. Malloy serves on the Board of Directors for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation (HPNF).
Palliative Nursing Education Consultant
Research Assistant Professor
FPB School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Polly Mazanec is an oncology palliative care advanced practice nurse who has been on the ELNEC Faculty since 2001, teaching palliative care nationally and internationally. Dr. Mazanec is a Research Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (Cleveland, OH) and Co-Investigator on a Web-based intervention for long-distance caregivers of parents with advanced cancer. She is also the Co- PI and Project Director for Dr. Betty Ferrell’s, “Nursing Education for Integration of Palliative Care into Health Care Systems”, funded by the Cambia Health Foundation.
Assistant Professor (clinical)
University of Utah College of Nursing
Dr. McLeskey joined the University of Utah (U of U) College of Nursing (CON) in January 2012. She received her BSN from Columbia University School of Nursing in NYC and after graduation worked 20+ years as an ICU and medical-surgical nurse. She completed a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Unit from Scott and White Hospital, Temple, TX and received a Master of Gerontology from Baylor University and a Master of Divinity from Truett Seminary, Baylor University. In 2009 Nanci completed a Teaching Nursing Post Master’s Certificate at the U of U, Salt Lake City. She is both a trainer for ELNEC (End of Life Nursing Education Consortium) geriatrics and for ELNEC “Integrating Palliative Oncology Training into the Doctor of Nursing Practice Education and Clinical Practice” and includes this content into her university courses. She is doubly boarded as a Gerontological Nurse and a Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse. In May 2015, Nanci completed her DNP degree and her doctoral project was titled: Improving End-of-Life Care: An Evidence-based Curriculum. She has authored a number of articles and textbook chapter related to geriatric nursing. Nanci is an active in Utah’s Sigma Theta Tau International local chapter, Gamma Rho, serving as the current President. She is also a board member on the Utah Alzheimer’s Association, the U of U College of Nursing Alumni Board and sits on the Utah Falls Coalition and the Utah Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Coordinating Council. Additional work experiences include: Alzheimer’s Director in an assisted living facility, Nurse Educator in a long-term care facility, and Geriatric Nurse Educator at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics (educating health care providers and staff in caring for the older adult in primary care clinics throughout UT, MT and WY). In 2017 she was the lead for Utah in piloting the ELNEC undergraduate course for the U of U nursing students and has been successful in enrolling 60% of nursing students into this course as an optional, no credit course. Most recently, the course has been included into the 2018 curriculum. “Teaching students about the care of older adults, especially those with Alzheimer’s disease and those at end of life are her passions!
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Education Credits:
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.