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The Safe Handling Basics course is an introductory course that discusses hazardous drugs and how to handle them safely. It covers risks of exposure, controls used to prevent exposure (including appropriate use of PPE), spill cleanup, and appropriate waste disposal.
Learn more about best practices for personal protective equipment during administration, compounding, and spill management of checkpoint inhibitors.
Learn how oncolytic viruses work along with the proper preparation, administration, post-administration, as well as helpful tips for the safe handling of oncolytic viruses through this engaging infographic.
This introductory course provides a foundation for providing care to patients experiencing a cancer diagnosis, treatment complications, or trouble coping. You’ll cover a range of basic topics, from cancer biology, treatments, symptom management, and patient and family care.
Dr. Friend reviews biomarker basics, which sets an important foundation to understand how biomarkers and biomarker testing informs treatment decisions and oncology nursing care. She reviews the different types of biomarkers and the classification of variants so that you can use the right terms in practice when speaking to the patient or the healthcare team. She then applies what she taught through a multitude of case examples.
Learn how to care for patients with cancer by starting at the beginning. The Foundations of Oncology Nursing Practice Bundle consists of three individual courses that will guide you through a progression of topics, starting with an explanation of what cancer is and how it forms, to how it’s treated, and ends with how to safely administer chemotherapy and immunotherapy.
Watch this ONS video on the risk of handling hazardous drugs while pregnant.