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Annual Connecticut Coalition to Improve End of Life Care Meeting
Elizabeth Ercolano, RN, DNSc, AOCNSPrincipal InvestigatorDecember 7, 2011
ELNEC Geriatric Train-the-Trainer
Purpose
Increase knowledge and skills of health care providers who provide palliative/end of life care in Ct by enrolling a state wide target sample of Registered Nurses (RNs) to train them.
Provide an opportunity to incorporate recommendations of Assessing the Unmet Needs of Health Care Providers Using a Web-based Survey.
Purpose
Comprehensive and longitudinal follow-up to monitor dissemination of the training to a range of disciplines who work at different clinical settings.
Measures and Questionnaires
Pre-program ELNEC Application with Goals for Training.
End-of-Life Needs Professional Caregiver Survey (EPCS) before training and 6 months after training.
6-month ELNEC survey and 12-month ELNEC survey to gather data on number of modules taught; number and type of health care providers taught; and to evaluate goals.
Preliminary Training Outcomes
Two-day training conducted on October 20 and 21, 2011.
50 nurses attended both days of training.
50 nurses were awarded ELNEC certificates and continuing education credits for attending the training.
Preliminary Training Outcomes Demographics of 50 Participants
Demographic Number (n)
Percent ( %)
Gender Female Male
491
98 2
Race White African American Asian
4541
90 8 2
Education/License BSN/RN MSN/APRN LPN
28 21 1
56 42 2
Preliminary Training Outcomes Nurses’ Work Setting
Work Setting n Work Setting n
Acute Care 16 Other-house calls, inpt hospice
4
Homecare/Hospice Homecare
13 Long Term Care (LTC)
2
Skilled Nursing Facility
11 Hospice serving LTC
1
School of Nursing 7 Assisted Living 1
Preliminary Training Outcomes Methods to Enroll State-Wide Target
of RNs Methods to Enroll RNs n
Supervisor 20
Invitation Letter 9
Co-Worker 8
CTEOL website 5
Other (Ct Hosp Assoc Posting, Director, ELNEC website, not specified)
4
Friend 2
Preliminary Training Outcomes Incentive for Attending the ELNEC
TrainingIncentives for ELNEC Training n
My institution sent me to be a trainer to train others
24
Beginning a palliative care team/service at facility/unit
16
Other (assist me as nurse educator, increase eol content in nsg curriculum, interest in content, self-advancement, hospice nurse, incorporate concepts into clinical program)
16
Supervisor suggested that I come to course 6
New in palliative care and need information 5
Thinking about changing career to palliative care
2
In graduate school and studying palliative care
0
Preliminary Training Outcomes General Evaluation of ELNEC Training by
Participants (Rated on Scale 1-5, 5=excellent and
1=poor)
Item Mean Score
What was your overall opinion of the course? 4.9
Was the information stimulating and thought provoking regarding palliative care issues in geriatrics?
4.6
To what extent did the course meet your objectives and your expectations?
4.4
Was the environment conducive to learning? 4.3
Next Steps
Establish a database to store essential data needed for reports to the DPH and Ct Cancer Partnership.
Analysis and comparison of pre-course EPCS scores and post-course EPCS scores.
Analysis of whether participants met 6 and 12 months goals: integration of end-of-life care in facility’s educational activities.
Appreciation
Nealy Zimmerman, Project Director
Patricia Trotta, Project Coordinator
ELNEC Faculty: Carol Curtiss, Thomas Quinn, Lynn Allchin,
Patricia Trotta, Karen Stanley, Janet Treantofilis
Appreciation
Ct Coalition Education Committee Members
Bernadette DiGiulian
Cynthia Lamont Nancy Leonard Barbara Morrison Cynthia O’Sullivan Kathy Shanahan Karen Stanley Pat Trotta