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Overview
This course provides the healthcare team with an overview of oncologic emergencies.Goals and Learning Outcomes
Oncology emergencies are dangerous complications resulting from cancer. Conditions covered in this course include the more common emergencies, such as sepsis and tumor lysis syndrome, with mention of more rare conditions, such as superior vena cava syndrome and malignant spinal cord compression. Coagulation emergencies and metabolic emergencies are also discussed.
Emergent situations require prompt and thorough communication among interprofessional healthcare team members for more positive outcomes.
The goal of this course is to provide nurses, laboratory professionals, and radiology technologists in the acute care setting with an overview of what constitutes an oncology emergency and current best practice interventions and recommendations.
- Recall three general client teaching points to help prevent, identify diagnostic methods for, and treat oncology emergencies.
- Identify at least three oncology emergencies, including pathophysiology, etiology, and clinical presentation information.
- Recognize at least two immediate interventions for different oncology emergencies.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 5/1/2024
REL-ACU-0-ONCE
Course Author
MS, RN, OCN
Accreditations
NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791
Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.
CEBroker
Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.