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Integrating the ELNEC undergraduate curriculum into Nursing Education: Lessons learned
Andra Davis1, Megan Lippe2, Toni L Glover3
1University of Portland, Portland, OR, United States of America.
Summary
Nurse educators must integrate palliative care education into nursing curricula to prepare students for serious illness care. Lessons learned from leading nursing schools offer strategies to overcome common implementation barriers.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Palliative Care
- Curriculum Development
Background:
- Nurses are essential for transforming palliative care, necessitating comprehensive education for all nursing students.
- Preparing students to care for patients with serious illnesses requires primary palliative care training.
- The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Competencies And Recommendations for Educating nursing Students (CARES) document identifies 17 key palliative care competencies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To address the challenge of integrating standardized primary palliative care education into nursing curricula.
- To highlight the utility of the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Undergraduate online modules as an educational strategy.
- To share lessons learned from successful palliative care champion nursing schools to overcome implementation barriers.
Main Methods:
- Review of the AACN CARES document for palliative care competencies.
- Evaluation of the ELNEC Undergraduate online modules as an educational resource.
- Analysis of barriers reported by faculty, including curriculum saturation, content expertise, and cost.
- Case study approach examining strategies used by palliative care champion nursing schools.
Main Results:
- Despite the availability of resources like ELNEC modules, only about 25% of undergraduate programs integrate them.
- Key barriers to palliative care education implementation include saturated curricula, limited faculty expertise, and financial costs.
- Palliative care champion nursing schools have developed successful strategies to overcome these identified barriers.
Conclusions:
- Integrating palliative care education is crucial for preparing nurses to manage the growing needs of patients with serious illnesses.
- Overcoming barriers requires innovative strategies and institutional support, as demonstrated by champion nursing schools.
- Widespread adoption of effective palliative care educational strategies is needed to meet national competency standards.
Keywords:
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