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This course provides a comprehensive overview of the treatment of cancer for the advanced practice provider, including important concepts related to antineoplastics, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, goals of therapy, clinical trials, and treatment response.
The ONS Oncology Nurse Orientation Program, provides didactic content for nurses new to oncology. The course is evidence-based, incorporates ONS standards and guidelines, and supports new oncology nurses working toward certification based on the ONS Oncology Nurse Generalist Competencies.
This redesigned and updated program was created with the new oncology advanced practice provider in mind. Through a series of four online courses, learners will get a comprehensive look at of the basics of cancer and its treatment, symptom and side effect management, and the identification of and management of oncologic emergencies with content designed for the advanced practice provider.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is foundational to nursing and can improve patient outcomes. It uses a process of shared decision-making that incorporates the best available evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences and values. Nurses and other healthcare providers at the point of care are in an ideal position to ask and answer clinically relevant questions to promote quality, safety, and best-possible outcomes.
Cancer care across the healthcare continuum has been revolutionized by advances in the understanding and application of genomics. The paradigm shift to biomarker-driven treatment decisions is a large step toward achieving precision oncology, which is the use of tumor-specific information, like genomic information, to inform cancer care.
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.