*Registration payment includes Credit Cards and Interfund Transfers ONLY.
This course is intended for staff nurses, nurse managers and educators practicing in the area of oncology nursing. It is also ideal for RNs who are new to the specialty, those re-entering the field who desire a refresher course or RNs transitioning from another area into oncology nursing.
ATTENTION: Registration Deadline: 09/22/2022 or as soon as we meet the capacity. This would allow us time to mail you the handouts in advance.
This concise review course is designed to meet the needs of oncology nurses in the oncology setting. Those nurses who are preparing for the Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) exam as well as nurses seeking a comprehensive oncology review will benefit from the curriculum.
This course is sponsored by Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute.
OCN Test Content Outline Topics:
•Care Continuum
•Oncology Nursing Practice
•Treatment Modalities
•Symptom Management and Palliative Care
•Oncologic Emergencies
•Psychosocial Dimensions of Care
Learning Objectives:
List equipment and practices nurses are required to use for safe handling and disposal of cytotoxic agents.
Describe interventions that may prevent or minimize hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs).
Describe proposed mechanism of action for broad categories of chemotherapy and immunotherapy agents.
Identify four potentially lethal adverse .events of chemotherapy.
List eight metabolic and five structural events as potential oncologic emergencies.
Discuss similarities and differences between hospice and palliative care.
Define roles and responsibilities of oncology nurses for practice across the continuum of care.
Speaker:
Barbara J. Wilson, MS, RN, OCN, AOCN, ACNS-BC
Barbara J. Wilson is the Director of Oncology Professional Practice for WellStar Health System in Georgia. She is a Clinical Nurse Specialist with advanced practice certification in oncology nursing and currently self-employed.
In addition to an oncology nursing career in acute health care settings, she has been a lifelong learner and educator. Barbara has articles published in peer reviewed journals and numerous local, regional and national presentations to oncology nursing and oncology professional audiences. She has served as clinical faculty for several nursing programs and has authored chapters in the Oncology Nursing Society “Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice” and Core Curriculum Study Guide.
She was selected to represent the ONS membership at large to co-author the “Oncology Nursing Society Scope and Standards of Practice” released in March 2019. Most recently she represented “clinical practice” on the ONCC Task Force to re-define “nursing practice for certification eligibility”. This revision was approved by the Board for implementation January 2021.
CE Credit:
Wellstar Health System is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Alabama State Nurses Association, an accredited approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This program has been awarded 7.5 contact hours by the Alabama State Nurses Association. Please call Anne Carr at Wellstar Health System at 470-956-5842 for more information about continuing education credits.
Nurses must attend full course to receive credit; no partial credit will be awarded.
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