Above & Beyond: Comprehensive Cancer Care (In-Person)

An interactive, comprehensive oncology course to help you best understand cancer care or prepare for the OCN exam.

Course Hours

Breakfast & Registration: 7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.

Course: 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET

Location

The Westin Virginia Beach Town Center

4535 Commerce Street

Virginia Beach, VA 23510

Target Audience

This interactive, comprehensive in-person course helps nurses and other cancer care team members better understand cancer care or prepare for the Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) exam.

Learning Objectives

  • Describe how cancer is detected, staged, and graded; the differences among major treatment modalities for cancer.

  • Explain pathophysiology, diagnostic measures, signs and symptoms, and common treatments for selected malignancies: breast, lung, colorectal, prostate, and major blood cancers.

  • Select effective symptom management, identification and management of key oncologic emergencies, and education for patients and their caregivers about their role.

  • Compare the American Cancer Society evidence-based cancer screening guidelines for breast, lung, colon, cervical, testicular, and skin cancer for individuals at average risk versus high risk.

  • Identify issues of cancer disparity, health literacy, and cultural competency as it relates to cancer prevention, health promotion, and cancer care.

  • Evaluate strategies to support optimizing care of patients with cancer through topics such as evidence-based practice, care coordination, shared decision-making, and professional practice issues.

Criteria for Successful Completion

  • 1) Register and attend entire live event

  • 2) Participate in outcomes measurements

  • 3) Complete/submit evaluation form

Participants can receive 9.3 contact hours of nursing, social work, or licensed professional counselor credit. You must attend the entire day to receive credit. 

Attendance in this course does not guarantee success in passing the Oncology Certified Nurse exam.

COVID PRECAUTIONS

COVID can change anytime, so we reserve the right to transition the in-person option to online if needed to protect you and cancer survivors. Masks are for your comfort level, following the CDC county recommendations.  

Instructions for Participation and Credit

This activity is eligible for credit through October 7, 2023 at 4:59 p.m. ET. After this date, this activity will expire, and no further credit will be awarded.

  • 1. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and faculty disclosures.

  • 2. Answer pre-activity outcomes measurements.

  • 3. Complete the educational content as designed.

Instructors

Elaine DeMeyer

Elaine S. DeMeyer, MSN, RN, AOCN®, BMTCN® is the owner of beyond Oncology Education, LLC and has been a nurse entrepreneur for more than two decades. She knew she wanted to work in cancer care at a young age when her mother died of cancer before she graduated high school. Her career began with a BS in physiology with a minor in chemistry from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and then a BSN and MSN from St. Louis University. She has been an oncology nurse for more than three decades with roles as staff nurse, nurse educator, nursing school faculty, clinical nurse specialist (CNS), managing editor, scientific director, medical writer, and chief operating officer. Elaine leverages her healthcare background along with creativity, business knowledge, and collaborative relationships to improve oncology care through numerous partnerships on a variety of projects related to certification, mentorship, health equity, and resilience. She not only partners with national and international organizations, but remains active in her Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) community through her involvement with Cancer Support Community North Texas (CSCNT) and the Dallas Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). One of her life goals is to inspire, encourage, and motivate nurses and other oncology care team members to choose a career in oncology and stay in oncology. She is best known for her creativity in education using original and inspiring ideas to teach difficult concepts, highly engage learners, and mentor new nurse speakers and authors. Throughout her career, she has received several awards including mentorship, research, and career development awards. She is honored with an annual scholarship in her name from the Dallas Chapter ONS.

Accreditation

  • Nursing Continuing Education: beyond Oncology is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 176647. Social Work and License Professional Counselor: beyond Oncology partners with Metro Dallas Aging Solutions, LLC.

Faculty Disclosures

  • Elaine S. DeMeyer, MSN, RN, AOCN®, BMTCN®: Nothing to disclose.

Accreditor Disclosures

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

  • This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

  • Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

  • ©2023 beyond Oncology Education, LLC., 620 Knollwood Drive, Rockwall, TX 75087, USA, Tel: 469-314-1857

  • No portion of this workshop or handout material may be filmed, copied, duplicated, posted, uploaded, or streamed without the expressed permission of beyond Oncology Education, LLC. Content is intended for personal use only.

  • Attendance in this course does not guarantee success in passing the Oncology Certified Nurse exam.

Registration closes on 09/27/2023 4:59 p.m. ET. No refunds will be provided after this time.

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