Outpatient Genetic Risk Assessment in Women With Breast Cancer: One Center's Experience
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Breast Care SIG - The mission of the Breast Care SIG is to provide networking and educational opportunities for oncology nurses regarding breast health and to raise awareness of the impact that breast cancer has on the lives of patients, families and caregivers.
Breast Health: It's Everybody's Business – Part I
Part one of this institute focuses on the breast care continuum from normal breast health, screening and high risk guidelines, with an introduction to breast cancer treatment. The presenters use a case study approach and employ audience response technology to provide an interactive experience.
Breast Health: It's Everybody's Business – Part II
Part two of this institute discusses treatment options in greater detail and reviews the implications of high-risk management for various pathological diagnoses, potential treatment pathways, and emerging therapies related to the care of persons with breast cancer. Psychosocial issues including body image concerns and survivorship issues will also be highlighted. This session concludes with a panel discussion of various nurse navigators’ roles, along with useful information in planning and implementing a successful breast health program in your community.
Site Specific Series: Breast Cancer - Highlighted in this new book is the critical role of the nurse in caring for patients with breast cancer. Breast Cancer addresses the disease from historical, epidemiologic, and clinical perspectives, and examines the pertinent issues related to cancer control, breast cancer treatment, psychosocial concerns, and management of complications related to cancer and its treatment.
Site-Specific Breast Cancer Online Course -The ONS Site-Specific Cancer Series: Breast Cancer Online Course provides the kind of cutting edge information that you need to truly understand the many complexities of breast cancer screening, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and symptom management.
Breast Cancer Patient Resource Area - This year, over 210,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States making it the number one cancer that women will be faced with. There are a number of internet resources available to help women and their families understand their disease. Use the links at this page to find some of the best.
Breast Cancer Clinical Resource Area - While mortality due to a breast cancer diagnosis is decreasing, it continues to be the number one cancer diagnosed in women in the United States. A variety of information and resources offer direction for the caregiver providing care to an individual with breast cancer and their developing family.
ONCC Breast Care Certification - The Certified Breast Care Nurse (CBCN) examination will test the knowledge and tasks that are important to the competent performance of registered nurses who provide breast care.