Description
Program Overview
This course is designed to provide participants with an overview of nursing issues involved in caring for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer and blood disorders. Common pediatric hematological and oncological diagnoses are presented, along with treatment approaches, nursing care, and supportive care principles. Case studies providing clinical scenarios are included to enhance the learning process.
This course contains 21 modules that can be used as individual lectures or as part of a comprehensive course taught by a nurse educator/instructor. They appear in the recommended order of presentation as a 2–3-day course. The actual length of each module can be modified depending on the audience, presentation detail, and discussion degree.
Target Audience
This course is developed to support onboarding novice nurses with limited pediatric clinical experience and/or no pediatric hematology/oncology nursing experience.
Module List
- The Big Picture: Hematologic & Oncologic Diseases in Children
- Nursing Assessment in Pediatric Oncology
- Childhood Leukemias
- Childhood Lymphomas
- CNS Tumors in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
- Neuroblastoma
- Pediatric Solid Tumors
- Hematologic Diseases of Childhood
- Research and Treatment Protocols
- Immunology in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
- Principles of Chemotherapy and Biotherapy
- Radiation Therapy
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) and Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-Cell Therapy
- Central Venous Access Devices
- Management of Treatment Side Effects: Supportive Care Issues
- Oncologic Emergencies
- Pain Management
- Pediatric Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Childhood Cancer Survivorship: Long-Term Effects of Treatment
- Fertility Preservation
- AYAs with Cancer
CNE Eligibility
Each 60 minutes of educational content is worth a total of 1 CNE contact hour and is eligible to claim through the participant’s continuing education provider system. APHON is not the provider of continuing education credits for this program.
Credits
Editors
Kathleen Adlard, MN RN CNS CPON®
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Medicine
El Segundo, California
Karyn Jean Brundige, MSN CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Susie Burke, MA RN CPNP CPHON®
Medical Director
Camp One Step
Chicago, Illinois
Christine Yun, MSN PNP CPON®
Oncology Nurse Practitioner
CHOC Hyundai Cancer Institute Clinic
Orange, California
Contributing Authors
Kathleen Adlard, MN RN CCNS CPHON®
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Medicine
El Segundo, California
Lisa Bashore, PhD APRN CPNP-PC CPON®
Associate Professor
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas
Sharon Bergeron, BSN RN CPON®
Research Nurse Educator
CHOC Hyundai Cancer Institute Clinic
Orange, California
Karyn Jean Brundige, MSN CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Desirae Clark, BSN RN CPHON®
Registered Nurse
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Michael Diaz, RN
Registered Nurse
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Kimberly Duback, MS APRN PCNS-BC CPN CPHON®
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Advocate Children’s Hospital – Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn, Illinois
Misty Evans, DNP APRN CPNP-AC BMTCN®
Nurse Practitioner/Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Meredith Foxx, MSN MBA APRN PCNS-BC PPCNP-BC CPON®
Associate Chief Nursing Officer
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio
Amy Haskamp, MSN RN PCNS-BC CPON® CHPPN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Riley Hospital for Children
Indianapolis, Indiana
Barbara Lockart, DNP APRN CNP-PC/AC CPHON®
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Colleen Nixon, MSN RN CPHON®
Clinical Education
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Mary Lynn Rae, MSN RN CPHON®
Nursing Professional Development Practitioner/Clinical Educator
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Kasey Rangan, MSN CPNP CPHON®
Nurse Practitioner
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Jennifer Saggio, MSN CRNP
Advanced Practice Nurse Neuroblastoma Developmental Therapeutics
Center for Childhood Cancer Research and Division of Oncology
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Beth Savage, PhD RN CPNP CPON®
Assistant Professor
Rutgers School of Nursing
Newark, New Jersey
Kristin Stegenga, PhD RN CPON®
Nurse Researcher
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, Missouri
Nancy Tena, MSN RN CNS-BC CPHON® BMTCN®
Clinical Nurse Specialist
University of Michigan CS Mott Children’s Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Lindsay Vander Woude, DNP CPNP-PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, Washington
Kaaren Waters, DNP RN CPNP CPHON®
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Christine Yun, MSN PNP CPON®
Oncology Nurse Practitioner
CHOC Hyundai Cancer Institute Clinic
Orange, California
Sue Zupanec, MN PNP
Nurse Practitioner
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario
Terms of Use
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