Logo-WAGECCSuburban Hospital

 

When

Thursday, June 7th and June 14th
from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
(Doors opens at 8:30 am)

Where

Suburban Hospital ~ Basement Auditorium
8600 Old Georgetown Road
Bethesda, MD 20814 

Driving Directions 

Parking: There will be an estimated $12 fee to park in Suburban Hospital’s visitor lot.

Metro: To find Metrobus/Metrorail routes that serve the hospital, visit www.wmata.com. 

Contact:

Shari Sliwa, Program Coordinator 
WAGECC 
sonsas@gwu.edu 
202-994-7969 
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ELNEC Core Course
(End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium)

13 CEs for Nurses and Social Workers!!

June 7, 2012
Module 1: Palliative Nursing Care
Mary Wassmann, RN, CHPN
Module 3: Symptom Management
Debrah Miller, CRNP, MS, CHPN, and Steve Wilks, MD
Module 4: Ethical Issues in Palliative Nursing Care
Anna Moretti, RN, JD, ANP-C, and Marie Tax, LCSW
Hands TouchingModule 5: Cultural and Spiritual Considerations in EOL Care
Karen Bryant, RN, CHPN, and Maria Wharton, RN, BSN, CHPN
June 14, 2012 
Module 2: Pain Management
Joan T. Panke, MA, RN, ACHPN
Module 6: Communication
Kathleen Bixby, RN, BSN, MSN
Module 7: Loss, Grief, & Bereavement
Paul F. Tschudi, EdS, MA, LPC, and Karen Hayden, RN
Module 8: Final Hours
Simeone Frost, RN, MS, CHPN, and Karen Hayden, RN

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**Music provided during lunch time by Anne Apynys, harpist, (June 7th)
and Anthony Hyatt, violinist, (June 14th)**

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Registration Fee: $70 (includes lunch, continuing education credits, and materials for both days). All participants must pre-register with payment. Registration closes June 4, 2012. There will be no on-site registration.

Continuing Nursing Education (CNE): This continuing nursing education activity was approved for 13 contact hours by the Maryland Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

 

Continuing Education (CE) for Social Workers: This activity was approved for 13 contact hours by The National Catholic School of Social Services (NCSSS). The NCSSS at the Catholic University of America is accredited as a provider of continuing social work education by the Council on Social Work Education. 

 

**A certificate will be given to each participant upon completion of this training program and the program evaluation form. All participants must sign in at the beginning of the program and attend the entire program**

The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) Project is a national end-of-life educational program administered by City of Hope National Medical Center (COH) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) designed to enhance palliative care in nursing. The ELNEC Project was originally funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with additional support from funding organizations (the National Cancer Institute, Aetna Foundation, Archstone Foundation, California HealthCare Foundation and the Department of Veterans Affairs). Materials are copyrighted by COH and AACN and are used with permission. Further information about the ELNEC Project can be found at www.aacn.nche.edu/ELNEC.