ELNEC Geriatric Module 2: Geriatric Palliative Care
Certificates
California Board of Registered Nursing
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP# 13791
Nurses will receive 1.25 contact hours for participating in this course.
District of Columbia Board of Nursing
District of Columbia Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.20 contact hours for participating in this course.
Florida Board of Nursing
Florida Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.00 contact hours for participating in this course.
American Nurses Credentialing Center
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC 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.
Georgia Board of Nursing
Georgia Board of Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.25 contact hours for participating in this course.
South Carolina Board of Nursing
This program was approved by the South Carolina Board of Nursing Approved Continuing Education Program (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.25 contact hours for participating in this course.
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing
West Virginia Board of Registered Nursing (CEBroker Provider #50-290).
Nurses will receive 1.25 contact hours for participating in this course.
Course Details
Explain geriatric palliative care.
Discuss multimorbidity in relation to geriatric palliative care.
Discuss aging considerations related to geriatric syndromes, age-related changes in health, medications, and assessment.
Describe selected end-stage medical conditions requiring palliative care.
Outline:
ELNEC Geriatric Module 2: Geriatric Palliative Care
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: The Basics
What Do You Think?
Geriatric Palliative Care
Multimorbidity
Guiding Principles
Evaluation and Management
Testimonial #1
Comprehensive Care Needs
Caregiving
Review
Summary
Section 3: Aging Considerations
Meet Mrs. Holman
Geriatric Syndromes
Age-Related Changes
Aging and Medications
Polypharmacy
Medication Management
Drug Therapy: Deprescribing
Assessment
Review
Summary
Section 4: Common Medical Conditions
End-Stage Medical Conditions
Heart Failure
Causes of Heart Failure
Assessment of Heart Failure
Addressing Heart Failure
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Causes of COPD
Assessment of COPD
COPD Prognostication
Addressing COPD
Cancer in the Older Adult
Assessment in Cancer
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Cancer Prognostication
Addressing Cancer
Improving Quality Cancer Care
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Summary
Course Contributors
Resources
References
Congratulations!
Exam
The ELNEC Project, which began in 2000, is a partnership between the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), Washington, DC and the City of Hope, Duarte, CA. For more information about ELNEC, go to www.aacnnursing.org/ELNEC
The content for this course was created or revised by:
Carol O. Long, PhD, RN, FPCN, FAAN is a national and international expert in geriatric palliative care and community-based health delivery and is the founder of Palliative Care Essentials. Dr. Long has been a registered nurse for over 40 years holding various staff, management, education, and consultant positions. She has numerous articles, book chapters, abstracts, and monographs related to end-of-life care, hospice, pain management, and palliative care for advanced dementia and has presented and provided program consultation in the US and throughout the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Latin America. Her research centers on outcome indicators in advanced dementia care and staff knowledge and attitudes relative to palliative care interventions. Dr. Long has been an ELNEC (End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium) trainer since the course's inception. Dr. Long is a Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing with the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association; a Transcultural Nursing Scholar with the Transcultural Nursing Society; and a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. She holds a BSN from Marquette University, MS from the University of Michigan, and PhD from Arizona State University where she is adjunct faculty.
This course was reviewed by:
Pam Malloy, MN, RN, FPCN, FAAN is an oncology clinical nurse specialist with over 40 years of experience in clinical oncology and palliative care nursing, staff development, education, program development, and administration. Ms. Malloy is currently the national Director and Co-Investigator of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Project and Special Advisor on Global Initiatives at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in Washington, DC. She serves as faculty for all the national ELNEC courses and has presented ELNEC in 12 international countries. In addition, she has developed palliative care nursing leadership curricula, taught, and mentored current and future nursing and physician leaders throughout Eastern Europe, Kenya, and Asia. Ms. Malloy directed the California Endowment project for AACN on developing cultural competencies for undergraduate and graduate nursing students. In addition, she collaborated with the US Department of Veterans Affairs to develop the ELNEC-For Veterans curriculum, which was presented to over 500 nurses, representing every VA hospital across the nation. Ms. Malloy serves on the Board of Directors of Living Room International—which provides hospice/palliative care services in Kipkaren, Kenya. She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Leukemia, Lymphoma Society/Washington, DC Chapter and the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation (HPNF). Ms. Malloy is a Florence Wald Fellow, a Fellow in Palliative Care Nursing (FPCN), and the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN). She has written and had published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, has written chapters for various textbooks, and currently consults on three palliative care grants. She was recently presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Disclosure: The National ELNEC Project - GER 2018 has declared that no conflict of interest, Relevant Financial Relationship or Relevant Non-Financial Relationship exists.
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; in the following settings: Hospice, Palliative Care.
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