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Comfort Measures and Pain Management
Pain remains one of the greatest fears of patients facing chronic or catastrophic disease. Oncology nurses have a unique and essential role in pain management; the nurse who has the knowledge to effectively assess and manage pain can advocate for effective relief of suffering and help restore quality to patients' lives. The purpose of this course is to describe the problem of pain and pain management in cancer patients. The course also explains methods of assessing cancer pain and offers guidelines for pharmacologic management of cancer pain. (80 minutes)
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Electrolyte Imbalances
This course provides an overview of electrolyte imbalances that may severely affect a patient's quality and/or length of life as a result of cancer or cancer treatments. These imbalances are called paraneoplastic syndromes and include hypercalcemia, syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) secretion, septic shock, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). In this course, you will learn about the symptoms, causes, treatment, and nursing care for each of these conditions. (92 minutes)
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Medical Oncology
This course introduces some of the most important cancer treatment modalities. The methods this course covers include chemotherapy, biotherapy, genetic therapy, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). (55 minutes)
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Principles of Cancer Treatment
Most cancer treatment involves a combination of several different therapies. This course introduces the ways in which two types of treatments -- surgery and radiation -- are used for the treatment of cancer. (52 minutes)
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End-of-Life Issues and Palliative Care
At one time, healthcare professionals could only provide comfort to patients facing cancer. Now, through earlier detection and better treatments that have reduced death rates, the modern healthcare system aggressively fights against cancer and often succeeds. But while today's medical profession strives to cure a patient at all costs, it has yet to master the art of palliative care. This course discusses the major precepts of holistic and palliative care and their importance in healthcare's approach to treating cancer. End-of-life issues, including the common beliefs and truths about death as well as the importance of discussing death with patients, are also discussed in this course. (85 minutes)
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Altered Body Image and Alopecia
This course addresses the incidence and impact of altered body image and alopecia on patients with cancer. Every person who is diagnosed with cancer will experience some degree of body image change. It is important to the patient's mental health and physical recovery that he or she feel comfortable talking about and addressing these body image issues and concerns. (32 minutes)
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Breast Cancer
This course will introduce you to breast cancer and the risk it poses to women in the United States. The course covers a wide range of topics, including the incidence, mortality, and known and suspected risk factors of the disease. In addition to describing the methods commonly used for screening, diagnosing, staging, and treating the disease, the course suggests what women can do to reduce their risk of breast cancer. (52 minutes)
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Complementary, Alternative, and Unproven Methods
As a nurse, you have based your career on the healing power of modern medicine. Still, at times you may wonder about the many new methods of care available to cancer patients. The purpose of this course is to introduce the nurse to the role that complementary and alternative therapies play in the treatment of the patient with cancer. It will also discuss unproven methods of cancer treatment and their impact on the patient. (52 minutes)
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Cancer and the Gastrointestinal System
This course examines the effects of cancer and cancer treatments on the gastrointestinal (GI) system. After providing an overview of the GI system and explaining how it is compromised by chemotherapy and radiation, the course details the major effects of cancer treatments on the GI system. These effects are diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, and mucositis. Finally, the course explores ostomy care and associated issues. (63 minutes)
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Cancer Rehabilitation
In this course, you will learn about types of cancer rehabilitation. You will also analyze the purposes and goals of cancer rehabilitation. Finally, you will identify disease-specific rehabilitation issues by learning about the variety of programs and services available to patients with different types of cancer. (52 minutes)
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