These papers present outcomes related to use of ELNEC curriculum.
Ferrell, B.R., Virani, R., Grant, M., Rhome, A., Malloy, P., Bednash, G., & Grimm, M. (2005). Evaluation of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) undergraduate faculty training program. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 8(1), 107-114.
Malloy, P., Ferrell, B.R., Virani, R., Uman, G., Rhome, A., Whitlatch, B., & Bednash, G. (2006). Evaluation of end-of-life nursing education for continuing education and clinical staff development educators. Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, 22(1), 31-36.
Paice, J.A., Ferrell, B.R., Virani, R., Grant, M., Malloy, P., & Rhome, A. (2006). Graduate nursing education regarding end-of-life care. Nursing Outlook, 54(1), 46-52.
Paice, J.A., Ferrell, B.R., Virani, R. Grant, M., Malloy, P., & Rhome, A. (2006). Appraisal of the Graduate End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) training program. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 9(2), 353-360.
Malloy, P., Ferrell, B.R., Virani, R., Wilson, K., & Uman, G. (2006). Palliative care education for pediatric nurses. Pediatric Nursing, 32(6), 555-561.
Ferrell, B.R., Virani, R., Malloy, P. (2006). Evaluation of end-of-life nursing education consortium project in the USA. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 12(6), 269-276.
Ferrell, B.R., Dahlin, C., Campbell, M.L., Paice, J.A., Malloy, P., & Virani, R. (2007). End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) training program: Improving palliative care in critical care. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 30(3), 206-212.
Coyne, P., Paice, J.A., Ferrell, B.R., Malloy, P., Virani, R., & Fennimore, L.A. (2007). Oncology End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium training program: Improving palliative care in cancer. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34(4), 801-807.
Malloy, P., Sumner, E., Virani, R., & Ferrell, B. (2007). End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium for Pediatric Palliative Care (ELNEC-PPC). MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 32(5), 298-302.
Kelly, K., Ersek, M., Virani, R., Malloy, P., & Ferrell, B. (2008). End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Geriatric training program: Improving palliative care in community geriatric care settings. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 34(5), 28-35.
Malloy, P., Virani, R., Kelly, K., Harrington-Jacobs, H., & Ferrell, B. (2008). Seven years and 50 courses later: End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) continues commitment to provide excellent palliative care education. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 10(4), 233-239.
Virani, R., Malloy, P., Ferrell, B., & Kelly, K. (2008). Statewide efforts in promoting palliative care. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 11(7), 991-996.
Malloy, P., Paice, J., Virani, R., Ferrell, B.R., Bednash, G. (2008). End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium: 5 years of educating graduate nursing faculty in excellent palliative care. Journal of Professional Nursing, 24(6), 352-357.
Jacobs, H.H., Ferrell, B., Virani, R., & Malloy, P. (2009). Appraisal of the Pediatric End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) training program. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 24(30), 216-221.
Ferrell, B., Virani, R., Paice, J.A., Coyle, N, & Coyne, P. (2010). Evaluation of palliative care nursing education seminars. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 14(1), 74-79. Can be downloaded from
Ferrell, B., Virani, R., Paice, J., Malloy, P., & Dahlin, C. (2010). Statewide efforts in improving palliative care in critical care settings. Critical Care Nurse, 30(6), 40-45.
Kelly, K., Thrane, S., Virani, R., Malloy, P., & Ferrell, B. (2011). Expanding end-of-life and palliative care nursing education in California: The End-of- Life Nursing Education Consortium Geriatric-Long-Term Care Project. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 17(4), 188-194.
Long, C., & Kelly, K. (2011). ELNEC: Providing opportunities to expand palliative and end-of-life education in Arizona nursing homes. Arizona Geriatrics Society Journal, 16(1), 9-12.
Grant, M., Wiencek, C., Virani, R., Uman, G., Munevar, C., Malloy, P., & Ferrell, B. (2013). End-of-life care education in acute and critical care: the California ELNEC project. 黑料吃瓜王 Advanced Critical Care, 24(2), 121-129.
Virani, R., Malloy, P., Dahlin, C., & Coyne, P. (2014). Creating a fabric for palliative care in safety net hospitals: End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium for Public Hospitals. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 16(5), 312-319.
Gabriel, M.S., Malloy, P., Wilson, L.R., Virani, R., Jones, D.H., Luhrs, C.A., & Shreve, S.T. (2015). End-of-Life Nursing Education consortium (ELNEC)-For Veterans: an educational project to improve care for all veterans with serious, complex illness. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 17(1), 40-47. doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000121.
Ferrell, B., Malloy, P., & Virani, R. (2015). The end of life nursing education nursing consortium project. Annals of Palliative Medicine, 4(2), 61-69. doi: 10.3978/j.ssn.2224-5820.2015.04.05
Ferrell, B., Malloy, P., & Virani, R. (2016). Celebrating the success of an 黑料吃瓜王 partnership—guest editorial. Journal of Professional Nursing, 32(1), 1-4. .
O’Connor, B. (2016). CARES: Competencies And Recommendations for Educating undergraduate nursing Students: preparing nurses to care for the seriously ill and their families. Journal of Professional Nursing, 32(2), 78-84.
Ferrell, B., Malloy, P., Mazanec, P., & Virani, R. (2016). CARES: 黑料吃瓜王’s’ new competencies and recommendations for educating undergraduate nursing students to improve palliative care. Journal of Professional Nursing, 32(5), 327-333. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2016.07.002.
Dahlin, C.M., Coyne, P.J., Paice, J., Thaxton, C.A., & Haskamp, A. (2017). ELNEC-APRN: meeting the needs of advanced practice nurses through education. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 19(3), 261-265. Doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000340.
Ferrell, B., Mazanec, P. Malloy, P. & Virani, R. (2018). An innovative End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium curriculum that prepares nursing students to provide primary palliative care. Nurse Educator, 43(5), 242-246. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000497. Available at:
Fennimore, L., Wholihan, D., Breakwell, S., Malloy, P., Virani, R., & Ferrell, B. (2018). A framework for integrating oncology palliative care in Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) education. Journal of Professional Nursing, 34(6), 444-448. . NIHMSID#: 1506595
Mazanec, P., Ferrell, B., Malloy, P., & Virani, R. (2019). Educating associate degree nursing students in primary palliative care using online e-learning.Teaching and Learning in Nursing 14(1), 58-64. . Accessed January 21, 2019 from:
Buller, H., Virani, R., Malloy, P., Paice, J. (2019). End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium communication curriculum for nurses. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 21(2), E5-E12. doi: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000000540; PMID:
Ferrell, B., Buller, H., Paice, J., Anderson, W., & Donesky, D. (2019). End-of-Life Nursing and Education Consortium Communication curriculum for interdisciplinary palliative care teams. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 22(9), 1082-1091. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2018.0645.
Davis, A., Lippe, M., Glover, T., McLeskey, N., Shillam, C., & Mazanec, P. (2021). Integrating the ELNEC Undergraduate curriculum into nursing education: lessons learned. Journal of Professional Nursing,37(2), 286-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.12.003
Mazanec P., Ferrell B., Virani R., Alayu J., & Ruel N. (2020). Preparing new graduate RNs to provide primary palliative care. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 51(6), 280-286. doi: 10.3928/00220124-20200514-08.
Davis, A., Lippe, M., Glover, T., McLeskey, N., Shillam, C., & Mazanec, P. (2021). Integrating the ELNEC Undergraduate curriculum into nursing education: lessons learned. Journal of Professional Nursing,37(2), 286-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.12.003
Mazanec, P., Ferrell, B., Malloy, P., Virani, R., & Cormack, C. (2021). Preparing advanced practice registered nursing students to provide primary palliative care. Nurse Educator, 46(4), 221-224. doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000000928.
Ferrell, B.R., Virani, R., Han, E., & Mazanec, P. (2021). Integration of palliative care in the role of the oncology advanced practice nurse. Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology [JADPRO], 12(2), 165-172. . PMID: 34109048; PMCID: PMC8017798.
Harwell, J.H., & Lippe, M. (2021). Impact of ELNEC-undergraduate curriculum on associate degree nursing student primary palliative care knowledge. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, on- line July 30, 2021 at:
Jizba, T., Iverson, L., & Hall, A. (2022). Effects of the ELNEC graduate curriculum on nurse practitioner students' perceptions of primary palliative care competency. Nurse Educator.
Ferrell, B., Paice, J., Coyne, P., Economou, D., Thaxton, C.A., Wholihan, D., Battista, V., and Haskamp, A. (2022). Outcomes of a national training curriculum to advance generalist level palliative care. Journal of Palliative Medicine.
Jizba, T., Iverson, L., & Hall, A. (2022). Effects of the ELNEC graduate curriculum on nurse practitioner students' perceptions of primary palliative care competency. Nurse Educator.
Fennimore, L. A., Battista, V., Leak Bryant, A., Paice, J. A., & Ferrell, B. (2025). Intrinsic Factors as to Why Advanced Practice Providers Stay in Oncology. Oncology nursing forum, 52(5), 351–358.
Cohen, A. G., Battista, V., Paice, J., & Ferrell, B. R. (2025). Oncology Advanced Practice Nurses' Memorable Patient Care Experiences: A Qualitative Analysis. Seminars in oncology nursing, 41(4), 151910.
Godzik, C., Trautman, D., Rosseter, R., Malloy, P., DiBenedetto, J., Mazanec, P. (2025). 25 Years of Progress: ELNEC and 黑料吃瓜王 Transforming Palliative Nursing Education. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 27(6): p 274-279. DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001164
Goodman, J., Van De Graaff, W., Burch, A., Genua, J.A., Kirkpatrick, A. (2025). The Impact of the ELNEC Online Curriculum on Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Self-Perceived Confidence in Providing Palliative Care. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 27(6): p 290-296. DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001161
Ehrlich, O., Jizba, T., Hristova, M., Davidson, C., Powless, D., Glover, T. (2025). Evaluating the Impact of the End-of-Life Nursing Consortium Curricula: A Systematic Review of Assessments and Outcomes. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 27(6) :p E249-E255. DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001159
LeBlanc, R., Lysaght Hurley, S., Chan, S., Dahlin, C., DeSanto-Madeya, S., Flanagan, J., Morgan, J., Murphy, A., Pare, J., Gazarian, P. (2025). The Massachusetts Model: A Roadmap for Advancing Serious Illness Care in Nursing Education. Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 27(6): p E256-E260. DOI: 10.1097/NJH.0000000000001162