Dates:	April 22 & 30, 2009
Time:	8am-4:30pm
Location:	UW Hospital and Clinics
Contact:	608-263-6490

Course Content

The Pediatric Oncology Clinical Nurse Course is designed for nurses with at least two years of experience caring for pediatric oncology patients. An expert interdisciplinary team of presenters will highlight treatment regimes, symptom and supportive management. Implications for evidence-based practice, including case studies, will be discussed.

Highlighted Topics Include

• Pediatric oncologic emergencies
• Pediatric oncology lab values
• Pediatric pain issues
• Tumor lysis
• The pediatric fever and neutropenic patient
• Survivorship
• Growth and development and understanding of death
• Keeping the family “whole”

Audience

The Pediatric Oncology Clinical Nurse Course is designed for registered nurses who practice in a pediatric oncology setting and/or care for pediatric oncology patients.

Continuing Education Credit

14.5 contact hours will be awarded for this program.

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association Continuing Education Approval Program Committee, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Fee

$200

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