Class Information for ONS Fundamentals of Blood and Marrow Transplant
Description
This comprehensive overview will enhance your ability to care for patients receiving a blood or marrow transplant throughout their continuum. You will learn about resources for setting up and enhancing BMT programs, discuss advanced concepts and future directions of BMT, and take-home clinical pearls for caring for pediatric BMT recipients. The e-book version of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Manual for Nursing Practice is included with the ONS course registration.
Contact Hours
20.50 contact hours will be awarded if all course components are met.
Special Comments
This course is offered on-demand. There is no start or end date. You have six months to complete the class once you access the course. Once registration is completed via the ClassTrack Course Registration, you will be issued an Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) voucher. This voucher will serve as payment to officially register for the course on the ONS website. Instructions on how to immediately access the course will be sent to you in an automatically generated email receipt after you register with ONS. You will enjoy continuous access for six months.
Target Audience
Clinical Research Nurses working with blood and marrow transplant patients at NIH.
Course Objectives
1. Explain the importance of our immune system and how it related to the types and success of blood and marrow transplantation.
2. Distinguish between the different types of blood and marrow transplants as evidenced by an understanding of the unique issues that can occur with each type.
3. Summarize the pre-transplant evaluation process for patients and donors, including important aspects to consider when choosing a donor.
4. Differentiate between acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease and nursing care for the patient with each type.
5. Predict when the transplant patient is a the highest risk to develop an infection and anticipate the treatment that will be prescribed.
6. Prepare the transplant patient with information related to survivorship issues and potential late effects that can occur after transplantation.
Pre-requisites
None
