Episode 135: ELNEC Has Trained More Than One Million Nurses in End-of-Life Care

ONS member Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, principal investigator of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) project, director of the Division of Nursing Research and Education at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA, and member of the Greater Los Angeles ONS Chapter, joins ONS President Nancy Houlihan, MA, RN, AOCN^®, to discuss ELNEC’s history and milestone of training more than one million nurses in palliative and end-of-life care. Then, ONS members share personal testimonies about ELNEC and how the training has enhanced their practice.  

Music Credit: "Fireflies and Stardust" by Kevin MacLeod 

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Episode Notes 

Introduction: 00:25 

Interview: 01:36 

Testimonies: 31:15 

• Jacqueline Boreland, MSN, RN, GERO-BC™, OCN, CCDS: 31:28 

• Karin Elkins MSN, NPD-BC, OCN^®: 33:46 

• Tracy Garrett-Reed DNP, APRN, AOCNP^®, FNP-C: 38:34 

• Tiffany McConathy, MSN, FNP-C, APRN, AOCNP^®: 40:38 

• Sara M Tinsley, PhD, APRN, AOCN^®: 43:31 

• Jennifer Tschanz, RN, MSN, FNP, AOCNP^®, ACHPN: 47:02 

Check out these resources from today’s episode: 

• Complete this evaluation for free NCPD. 

• ONS Voice article: ELNEC Milestone Marks Transformation of EOL Care for Countless Patients With Cancer 

• ONS Voice article: Palliative Care Resources Comfort Nurses Through COVID-19 Stress, Dilemmas, and Grief 

• ONS Voice palliative and end-of-life care topic pages 

• Oncology Nursing Podcast Episode 41: Advocating for Palliative Care and Hospice Education 

• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Barriers to Hospice and Palliative Care Research: A Patient-Centered Approach to Intervention Studies 

• Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article: Providing Palliative Care: Oncology Nurses’ Perceptions of Their Self-Reported Abilities 

• ONS Position Statement: Palliative Care for People With Cancer 

• ELNEC courses  

• ELNEC COVID-19 resources  

• ELNEC tools for trainers 

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