Thursday, December 4 and Friday, December 5, 2025
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET
ELNEC Train-the-Trainer courses provide nurses with education in hospice and palliative nursing, preparing them to serve as instructors teaching this critical information to other nurses in the specialty.
ELNEC stands for End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium and is an education initiative created by the City of Hope and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. ELNEC courses are written for nurses by nurses.
Course Content
Course Content is divided into modules, which include:
- Palliative Nursing Care at the End-of-Life
- Pain Management
- Symptom Management
- Communication
- Final Hours
- Loss, Grief, and Bereavement
- Leadership and Self Care
- Cultural Considerations and Ethical Issues
Registration
Early Bird (Through September 30, 2025)
$575
Regular (September 30 through October 31)
$625
Late (October 31 through December 1)
$675
Group Rate
For group registration rate information, please contact [email protected].
The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation (HPNF) offers scholarships annually for HPNA members to attend an HPNA-sponsored ELNEC course. Learn more and apply here.
Continuing Education
Attendees can earn up to a maximum of 13.75 NCPD contact hours* and 3.0 Pharmacotherapeutic contact hours* upon successful completion of this course. Successful completion requires participants to remain engaged throughout the Zoom platform (e.g., cameras on, engaged in breakout sessions, etc.), and completing/submitting the post-activity evaluation within the timeframe specified.
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
All individuals in a position to control content will be submitting financial disclosure information and appropriate disclosures will be made prior to the event.
*Number of NCPD and pharmacotherapeutic contact hours are subject to change.
Facilitators
Amy Haskamp, MSN, RN, PCNS-BC, CPON, CHPPN®, FPCN®
Amy Haskamp is a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist working with the Pediatric Palliative Care Team at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health Hospital since 2014. Prior to this role she cared for pediatric oncology patients for over 15 years. She has also been a part of the Pediatric Palliative Care national and international teaching teams for over 10 years.
Kathy Perko, MS, PPCNP-BC, CHPPN®, CPON, CPLC, FPCN®, FAPHON
Kathy has been a pediatric nurse for 40 years, a PNP for 30 years. She started her career in pediatric oncology, specifically caring for children with brain tumors which she continued through 2015. She founded the Bridges Pediatric Palliative Care Program at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in 2003 and was the director until her retirement in November 2020. Kathy helped develop the Pediatric Track of the UW Palliative Care Certificate Program and directed the track until 2024. She provides education and consultation in pediatric palliative care through PANDA Consultants, PLLC.
She is nationally certified as a pediatric nurse practitioner, pediatric oncology nurse, perinatal loss clinician and pediatric palliative care and hospice nurse. She is recognized as a Fellow in Palliative and Hospice Care and in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. She is national faculty for ELNEC, EPEC, and Vital Talk. Kathy has a certificate in pediatric bioethics from Children’s Mercy in Kansas City and in Palliative Care from the University of Washington.
About the Event
This is a virtual event. The last day to register for this course is December 1, 2025. Registered learners will receive course access information & materials to their HPNA associated email address 3-5 days before course opening.
Cancellation Policy
Registrations that are cancelled in writing up to three weeks prior to the event will be refunded minus a $100 administrative fee. Cancellations received less than one week prior to the event will not be refunded. Please contact the HPNA Education Department about cancellations. Cancellations requests must be received in writing.