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Update Your Chemotherapy Knowledge
Learning Objectives
This renewal course is designed to meet the ongoing educational needs of oncology nurses and other nurses seeking an update on chemotherapy delivery.
Upon completion of this independent study module, the learner will be able to:
- Recognize strategies to prevent chemotherapy-related medication errors.
- Demonstrate the calculation of a carboplatin dose.
- Describe safe handling and safe administration of cytotoxic agents.
- Describe new drugs approved for cancer indications.
- Discuss important nursing implications and responsibilities during the pre-treatment, treatment administration, and post-treatment phases of patient care.
- Identify toxicities that occur with the use of cytotoxic and therapeutic agents or cancer treatment.
- List nursing assessment and management of the toxicities associated with cytotoxic agents.
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