CANCER NURSING, PREVENTION AND EARLY DETECTION FOR THE ADULT PATIENT - 12 CONTACT HOURS

Course overview

Nurses are regarded as experts in cancer prevention, a subject that garners a great deal of attention in the media. However, cancer research is often misunderstood and media reports are often confusing. Nurses are a trusted resource, and in a unique position to correct misinformation and guide people who are looking for reliable information on cancer prevention and risk reduction. This course focuses on cancer prevention, early cancer detection, and nursing care of adults with cancer during and after treatment. This course is intended to help nurses provide not only cancer care, but accurate and up-to-date information as well. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1.Educate patients about options for finding (or preventing) colorectal cancer and help them choose a colorectal cancer screening method that they might actually follow. 2.Offer patients specific resources to help them quit smoking. 3.Discuss fertility with patients before treatment to help them select effective options for fertility preservation. 4.Discuss with patient the complications and other risks linked with smoking during cancer treatment. 5.Help patients reduce the severity of cancer-treatment-related fatigue. 6.Intervene to help prevent nausea and vomiting due to cytotoxic cancer drug treatment regimens. 7.Locate information about and recognize the types of interactions that are likely to happen due to CYP enzyme system-based drug incompatibilities. 8.Discuss with patients their understanding of the reasons for different types of cancer treatment, such as curative intent, control of cancer growth, and palliative or comfort treatments. 9.Recognize symptoms suspicious of neutropenic (necrotizing) enterocolitis. 10.Make patients aware of possible time limitations on the availability of their medical records, which may be needed at a later date.