Program Information
Gain the Insight You Need to Treat Your Multi-Dimensional Patients
In a world of obesity and heart disease, your patients often don’t just have cancer. They are also obese, have heart disease, renal disorders, diabetes, or a host of other possible conditions. You’re called upon to recognize possible complications with their cancer treatment and treat accordingly. Sounds simple right? Yeah, we don’t think so either. That’s why we’re coming to your area to help.
Goal
This conference will discuss the nurse’s role in the management of comorbidities as they intersect with the active treatment phase of cancer care. Check out the full session schedule now.
Objectives
- Identify patients who may be at risk for complications from comorbid conditions impacted by cancer treatment.
- Synthesize a plan to identify, assess risk for, and reduce incidence of complications related to comorbid conditions impacted by cancer treatment.
- Identify ways to enhance interdisciplinary collaboration for this patient population
Continuing Nursing Education
Attendees can earn up to 7.5 contact hours if all educational sessions are attended in their entirety and an evaluation is completed.
ONS is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC’s) Commission on Accreditation.
Accreditation as an ANCC provider refers only to its continuing education activities and does not imply endorsement of any commercial products.
ONS is approved as a provider of continuing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #2850.
Credits earned at this conference qualify for Oncology Nursing Certification Points Renewal Option (ONC-PRO) needed for Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation certification renewal.