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Overview
In 1992, the first successful stem cell transplant was performed using umbilical cord blood instead of bone marrow in a patient with leukemia. Since then, over 100,000 stem cell transplants have been performed using the stem cells from cord blood. Thousands of Americans, many of them children, die each year while waiting for a stem cell transplant. Transplantation using the stem cells from umbilical cord blood may help reduce the numbers of those who are waiting. With proper counseling, parents can make informed decisions regarding cord blood donation. This educational activity addresses the use of cord blood for transplantation and facilitates the ability to educate parents regarding this option.
Goals and Learning Outcomes
- Describe different types of stem cell transplantation.
- Compare the procedures for collection of bone marrow and umbilical cord blood and donating cord blood.
- List advantages of umbilical cord blood stem cells compared to bone marrow stem cells and the pros and cons of private storage of cord blood.
Course Details
Course Originally Released on : 10/5/1998
CE184-60
Course Author
PhDc, MSN, RNC-NIC, NEA-BC
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.