ELNEC PLUS--Critical Care Cruise in December!

End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC)--Critical Care

(PLUS additional content, Plus PICU/NICU content if wanted by attendees)

December 5-12 (Sunday-Sunday) out of Miami on board Carnival's Glory with stops in:

• Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
• St Thomas, Virgin Islands
• & Grand Turk, Turks, & Caicos Islands
• 20 contact hours: Approved by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) for 20.0 Contact Hours, Synergy CERP Category B, File Number 00015971 for those attending the whole program to become ELNEC Trainers through AACN (American Assoc of Colleges of Nursing)
• Become a Certified ELNEC Trainer & PCRN or PCRP (Palliative Care Resource Nurse or Palliative Care Resource Professional)
• 9 contact hours for those only attending the ELNEC lectures to become "ELNEC Trained"

Families & Friends are welcome to come on the cruise only...

• Cost of Training: $349 regular price, $299 early bird by 6/10, $399 procrastinator's price after 8/15PCRN's/PCRP's can take $50 off
• May attend just the 9.0 contact hours of ELNEC lectures to become "ELNEC Trained" for $199 (take off $25 for early bird/add $25 for procrastinators)
• Ask if you are interested in hours for other healthcare professionals...

Cruise info contact: YourCruiseAgents@aol.com

• Can still hold cabin for 2 for $50--but don't delay!!
• Cruise prices start at: $527.06 per person

Conference questions contact: Cyndi@RealNurseEd.com or if would like a flyer e-mailed to you

• Go to: www.RealNurseEd.com

Palliative Care in the Literature--Is this Palliative Care Month or Something...??

I just today received some e-mails that were full of new palliative care articles. How great is that!? I don't know what prompted them all--but it's great to see the focus on Palliative Care.

Here are some links if you want to check some of them out (scroll down)
Feel free to make any comments that you would like on this blog...cyndi

From Medscape:

End-of-Life Care in the Setting of Cancer: Withdrawing Nutrition and Hydration
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/718573?src=mp&spon=24&uac=16944EZ
When to Refer Patients to Palliative Care: Triggers, Traps, and Timely Referrals
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/715632?src=mp&spon=24&uac=16944EZ
Time to Plan for Palliative Care Pandemic: An Expert Interview With Phillip E. Rodgers, MD, FAAHPM
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/718395?src=mp&spon=24&uac=16944EZ
NCCN Panel: Straight Talk With Compassion Urged for End-of-Life Cancer Care
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/718426?src=mp&spon=24&uac=16944EZ
Survey Shows Palliative Care Widely Available in US, But Gaps Still Exist
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/718773?src=mp&spon=24&uac=16944EZ
Opioids for Palliation of Refractory Dyspnea in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/717217?src=mp&spon=24&uac=16944EZ

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Bulletin:
A Conversation with Dr. Ann Berger on Palliative Care at NIH (National Institute of Health)
http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/032310/page6
Palliative Care Education: Focusing on Care and Not Just Disease
http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/032310/page11
Training Providers and Patients to Talk about End-of-Life Care
http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/032310/page8
Improving Delivery of Quality Cancer Care (with links at bottom to NCI Resources on Palliative Care)
http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin/032310/page4

No Child Dies Alone:
I "bumped" into a nurse that started a charity to help kids in 3rd world country who are dying. She found many children dying surrounded by horrible conditions and is trying to make a difference.
Mary Wrinn, RN, CHPN is a Hospice Nurse & an ELNEC Trainer who has taken on an awesome mission and is truly making a difference!!
You can read about what she is doing at:
http://www.nochilddiesalone.org/8501.html

Palliative Care Cruise & Learn this August!!

2nd Annual Palliative Care Cruise & Learn6 Days/5 Nights--8.0 Contact Hours for
RNs, LPNs, ARNPs, LNMs, CNAs, + complementary boards: Respiratory Therapists, Psychologists, Dietician/Nutritionists through Florida's CE Broker
+ HUCs and Chaplains contact hours (others could be considered)
Monday, August 9 - Saturday, August 14, 2010
Register or cruise questions: YourCruiseAgents@aol.com
Seminar questions: Cyndi@RealNurseEd.com or nicolemcole@hotmail.com

Ports: Tampa, Florida--at sea--Cayman Islands--Cozumel, Mexico--at sea--Tampa

Cost: $531.84 + seminar fee per person inside cabin
$591.84 + seminar fee per person outside cabin
Contact cruise agent for balconies, suites, 3rd/4th in cabin (lower per person but higher deposit)
Deposit: $50 to hold inside/outside cabin for 2
$200 per person due by 4/12/10
Balance due by 6/5/10
Seminar Fee: $100 ($50 for PCRNs and PCRPs--even if take ELNEC Training Sept, 2010)
Who Said Palliative Care Nurses Can't Have Fun???

ELNEC--SuperCore Conferences for 2010 (part 2)

Fall ELNEC--SuperCore Train the Trainer Conference
ELNEC = End of Life Nursing Education Consortium
other healthcare providers are welcome!!!
Tampa General Hospital, Florida (MAcInnis Auditorium)
September 25, 26, & 27 (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)
9 am - 6 pm
25 Contact Hours, ELNEC Trainer Certificate from AACN, CD with all slides and much more, PCRN certificate & pin from TGH
Cost: $25 + cost of lunch for TGH staff (please by 4/1/10)
Others full price $349, early bird $299 by 8/2/10, procrastinators $399 after 9/6/10
Send check made out to TGH with Fall ELNEC in memo to:
Cyndi Cramer
Tampa General Hospital
PO BOX 1289
Tampa, Fl 33601
(staff put in Cyndi's mailbox in staffing)
For questions e-mail: Cyndi@RealNurseEd.com or ccramer@tgh.org

ELNEC--SuperCore Conferences for 2010

Spring ELNEC--SuperCore Train the Trainer Conference
Tampa General Hospital, Florida (MAcInnis Auditorium)
3 Wednesdays: April 14, May 26 and June 30
1:30 - 10:30 pm
25 Contact Hours, ELNEC Trainer Certificate from AACN, CD with all slides and much more, PCRN certificate & pin from TGH
Cost: $25 + cost of lunch for TGH staff (please by 4/1/10)
Others full price $349, early bird $299 by 3/12/10, procrastinators $399 after 4/1/10
Send check made out to TGH with Spring ELNEC in memo to:
Cyndi Cramer
Tampa General Hospital
PO BOX 1289
Tampa, Fl 33601
(staff put in Cyndi's mailbox in staffing)
For questions e-mail: Cyndi@RealNurseEd.com or ccramer@tgh.org

Welcome

I'm going to try this as a place for PCRN's and PCRP's to communicate.
I will post info about things we have planned and other things that may be of interest.
This is also a great place for you to ask a question or share an experience...
Please try it!!!
cyndi