Topic Resources

PALLIATIVE CARE

Continuing education opportunities

The American Journal of Nursing (AJN), the official journal of the American Nurses Association, publishes a bimonthly continuing education series on palliative nursing care. The series uses actual case studies to improve the way nurses care for dying patients, both physically and psychologically.

End of Life and Palliative Care Resource Center (EPERC). http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization.
http://www.nhpco.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3259

ELNEC Core Curriculum. End of Life Education for Nurse educators to provide to students, practicing nurses. The core curriculum focuses on a range of areas in end-of-life (EOL) care reflecting AACN's publication in 1998 of Peaceful Death: Recommended Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for End-of-Life Nursing Care. Content is divided into the following nine modules. Access at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/elnec/curriculum.htm.

Last Acts.Innovations in End of Life Care. Palliative care in Nursing Homes. http://www2.edc.org/lastacts/archives/archivesMarch02/default.asp

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Genesis Elder Care. Palliative Care in Nursing Homes. Various tools, and information related to nursing homes. http://www.mywhatever.com/cifwriter/content/41/pe193.html

Palliative Care Education Resource Team for Nursing Homes/ PERT Program. http://www.swedishmedical.org/PERT/curriculum.htm

ADVANCE Newsmagazines: Home Page: http://www.advanceweb.com/

ADVANCE Continuing Education Website: http://www.advanceweb.com/ce.asp

ANA Continuing Ed Online Education: http://nursingworld.org/ce/cehome.cfm

Medcom-Trainex - Various Gerontological Nursing topics: http://www.medcominc.com/

Medscape from WebMD: Nurses CE Center: http://www.medscape.com/cmecenterdirectory/nurses?src=hdr

National Association of Geriatric Education Centers: http://www.hcoa.org/nagec/

New York University, College of Nursing, Center for Continuing Education: http://www.nyu.edu/education/nursingnew/institutes.html

Online ceu's: A directory for nurses. Geriatric Classes Online: http://www.nurseceu.com/geri.htm

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: Continuing Education: http://www.nursingsociety.org/education/ceonline.html

The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing: Gerontological Nursing Certification Review Course
http://www.nyu.edu/nursing/ce/gncrc/

University of Iowa College of Nursing: Continuing Education: http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/conted/conferences.htm#1

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing: Continuing Education: http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/ce/

Nurse training materials (i.e.videos, self-study materials)

Geriatric Video Productions: http://www.geriatricvideo.com/

Nursing Spectrum Education/CE: Self-Study Modules: http://www.nursingspectrum.com/ContinuingEducation/NSSelfStudy/index.cfm

 

Last updated - March 2006