Education and Training HomePediatric Cancers: An Overview and Treatment Protocols
| Date: |
October 24, 2012
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| Time: |
8am-4:30pm
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| Location: |
UW Hospital and Clinics (Room to be announced)
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| Contact: |
608-263-6490
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Audience
Registered nurses who will be responsible for providing care to pediatric patients with cancer and their families.
Course Content
- Acute lymphocytic leukemia
- Acute myeloid leukemia
- Chronic myeloid leukemia
- Lymphomas
- Wilms tumor
- Brain tumors
- Retinoblastoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Ewing's sarcoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Neuroblastoma
Purpose
To provide a basic overview of pediatric cancers, including the pathophyisiology and effects of these cancers on the pediatric patient. To review the present treatment modalities, their side effects and the nursing interventions that are associated with each of the treatment modalities.
Presenters
Kristin Casey, MS, RN, CPNP, CPON
Sharon Frierdich, MS, RN, CPNP, CPON
Lisa Keller, MS, RN, CPNP
Planning Committee
Kristin Casey, MS, RN, CPNP, CPON
Mary Cotter, MSN, RNC, NNP
Sharon Frierdich, MS, RN, CPNP, CPON
Jamie Johnson, BSN, RN, CPON
Lisa Keller, MS, RN, CPNP
Kari Stampfli, MS, RN, CPNP
Continuing Education Credit
7.25 contact hours will be awarded for this program.
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
