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ForwardPediatric End-Of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)
This pediatric End-Of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) 2-day course will provide nurses, social workers, and interested team members with education in palliative and end-of life care, preparing them to teach the information to practicing nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals.
Target Audience
This course is intended for nurses, social workers, and other interested healthcare professional team members who work in pediatric acute care settings (i.e. medical-surgical and oncology units), clinics, homecare, hospice, and palliative care settings.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, learners should be able to:
- Identify barriers to adequate pain and symptom relief in palliative care and describe pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies used to relieve pain
- Explain ethical dilemmas that may arise in pediatric palliative care and apply ethical principles in addressing these issues
- Describe unique characteristics of neonatal palliative care and strategies to overcome
- Describe communication strategies for end-of-life discussions
- Identify spiritual, grief, and cultural considerations present during palliative care
Title of session | Speaker | Start Time | End Time | Total minutes for each session (enter zero if no contact hours) |
Thursday, April 18th |
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House Keeping/disclosures | Meggan Mikal | 0900 | 0915 | 0 |
Introduction to Palliative care | Natalie Vertucci | 0915 | 1015 | 60 |
Break |
| 1015 | 1025 | 0 |
Ethics/legal | Meggan Mikal | 1025 | 1125 | 60 |
Grief/Bereavement | Eliza Leatherberry | 1125 | 1215 | 50 |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 1215 | 1330 | 0 |
Culture | Meggan Mikal | 1330 | 1415 | 45 |
Break |
| 1415 | 1425 | 0 |
Self-Care/ Mindfulness | Cassie Wohlfarth | 1425 | 1520 | 55 |
Wrap up/questions | Meggan Mikal | 1520 | 1545 | 0 |
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Friday, April 19th |
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Perinatal Palliative Care | Meggan Mikal | 0900 | 0945 | 45 |
Pain/Symptom Management | Kimberly Wittmayer | 0945 | 1045 | 60 |
Break |
| 1045 | 1100 | 0 |
Communication | Dr. Rani Ganesan | 1100 | 1200 | 60 |
Lunch (On your own) |
| 1200 | 1315 | 0 |
Care at time of death | Katie Krawzak | 1315 | 1400 | 45 |
Break |
| 1400 | 1410 | 0 |
Family Panel | Lou and Caroline Carrillo and Betsy Shannon | 1410 | 1510 | 60 |
Wrap Up/Questions | Meggan Mikal | 1510 | 1530 | 0 |
Faculty
Meggan Mikal, DNP, APRN, PCNS-BC, CPNP-PC, CHPPN; Advocate Health – Midwest
Kimberly Wittmayer, MS, APRN, PCNS-BC, PMGT-BC, AP-PMN; Advocate Health – Midwest
Natalie Vertucci, BSN, CHPPN; Advocate Health – Midwest
Chaplain Cassie Wohlfarth, MDiv; Advocate Health – Midwest
Rev. Eliza Leatherberry, BCC; Advocate Health – Midwest
Dr. Rani Ganesan, MD; Advocate Health – Midwest
Katie Krawzak, DNP, APRN, CHPPN; Advocate Health – Midwest
Parent Panel: Lou Carrillo, Caroline Carrillo, Betsy Shannon
Disclosure
The planner(s) and speaker(s) have indicated that there are no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose.
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Statement(s)
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.00 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 9.0 Clinical continuing education credits.
Social Work Content Level: Advanced
Available Credit
- 9.00 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Aurora Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers receiving this course receive 9.00 of ethics, clinical, cultural competence, and/or general continuing education credits. - 9.00 AttendanceAttendance Credit
- 9.00 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 9.00 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.