End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium. Geriatric Training Program: improving palliative care in community geriatric care settings.
Recent studies of end-of-life care in nursing homes and other long-term care settings point to a significant need to improve care. The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)-Geriatric Training Program is an important educational initiative to advance palliative care and end-of-life education for licensed nurses and nursing assistants. The ELNEC-Geriatric Training Program prepares nurses as educators and leaders to improve the quality of end-of-life care in geriatric care facilities. This article presents evaluation data from the 2007 pilot ELNEC-Geriatric Training Program and follow-up evaluation of the "train-the-trainer" model to disseminate comprehensive palliative care education in geriatric settings.
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Kathe
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ELNEC-Geriatric Training Program, Nursing Research and Education Department, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA. kkelly@coh.org
Ersek
Mary
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Virani
Rose
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Malloy
Pamela
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Ferrell
Betty
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D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*