Join us for a four-part podium session that explores the diverse ways nurses are furthering their professional practice, improving patient care and institutional procedures.
- Regina DeGennaro and Tanya Thomas will present "Partnering With A School of Nursing to Develop Nursing Competencies for Chemotherapy Administration in an Academic Health System." She'll describe the process for developing oncology nurse competencies in chemotherapy administration at an academic health system.
- Katharine Derrico will present "Integrating an Evidence-Based Practice Project Into a Graduate Nurse Transition Program: A Successful Mentorship Collaboration." She'll discuss a comprehensive cancer center's pilot program that paired new graduate RNs with experienced nurse mentors, helping them to develop and implement practice reform.
- Andrea Smith will present "A Model Workshop for Educating Nurses to Address Sexual Health in Breast Cancer Survivors." She'll describe a popular workshop that encouraged nurses to actively address the barriers to sexual health conversations. To help your institution plan a similar workshop, she'll provide you with the workshop's curriculum and tools, including sample cases for role-playing, language that eases communication barriers, a referral algorithm, and a follow-up evaluation.
- Elizabeth Duus will present "Results from an Educational Needs Assessment Pilot Survey on Cancer Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome in Patients with Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer." She'll share results from a pilot survey that highlights nursing understanding of key CACS symptoms, including opportunities for nurses to better manage patients throughout diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring.
