1. Academic Nursing’s Commitment to Ensuring Quality Palliative Care Deborah E. Trautman, PhD, RN, FAAN President and Chief Executive Officer American Association of Colleges of Nursing

2. Nursing’s Vital Role in Providing Palliative Care No other healthcare professional spends more time at the bedside or out in the community than the nurse, supporting Physical needs Psychological needs Social needs Spiritual needs

3. While Nurses Excel in Practice, They Also … Develop and provide education to interprofessional team members, patients, families, communities Conduct research on end-of- life/palliative care issues Lead advocacy efforts to support this work

4. AACN’s Response to the 2014 IOM Report, Dying in America Recommendation #3: Professional Development & Education Provide education in palliative care, communication, interprofessional collaboration, pain and symptom assessment/management Educate nursing faculty so students graduate with palliative care knowledge and practice Accredited nursing programs must include palliative care education

5. AACN Leads the Way in Palliative Care Education 1997: Developed end-of-life competencies for undergraduate nursing students 2000: Partners with the City of Hope National Medical Center to develop End-of-Life Nursing Education (ELNEC) curriculum with funding from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2001: First national ELNEC train-the-trainer course held in Pasadena, CA

6. Developing Nursing Faculty 2002 – 2006: Over 400 graduate nursing faculty attended the ELNEC-Graduate course (65% of graduate programs represented) 2007 – 2013: More than 100 ELNEC courses held 2013 – 2017: Over 180 faculty and clinical partners attended the ELNEC training on Integrating Palliative Oncology Care Into Doctor of Nursing Practice Education and Clinical Practice ( funding by the National Cancer Institute)

7. Latest Achievements…. 2015: Updated end-of-life/ palliative care competencies for undergraduate students with funding from the Cambia Health Foundation 2016: Developing an online ELNEC-for Undergraduate Students curriculum; available January 2017 through Relias Learning

8. ELNEC Investigators Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FPCN, FAAN Pam Malloy, MN, RN, FPCN Principal Investigator, ELNEC Co-Investigator, ELNEC City of Hope National Medical Center AACN Duarte, CA Washington, DC

9. A Winning Partnership Since ELNEC’s launch in 2001: 186 ELNEC training courses held Course presented in 88 countries worldwide 20,918 faculty and clinicians trained who in turn educated over 625,000 nurses, physicians, social workers, pharmacists, etc. ELNEC curriculum translated into 8 languages

10. Information About ELNEC www.aacn.nche.edu/ELNEC