Cancer Pain: Current Challenges and Breakthroughs
The 2012 Nursing Program: Advancing Oncology Nursing™ webinar series will provide the oncology nurse with comprehensive and clinically relevant information regarding the management of patients with cancer. This series will focus on genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer, cancer pain management, the challenges of oral therapy regimens, dermatologic toxicities, nursing considerations for advanced lung cancer and advanced colorectal cancer, and the nurse's role in cancer survivorship care. Oncology nurses will leave this program with information to provide the best clinical care and patient education to further improve their patients' quality of life.
Target Audience
This webinar series is designed to meet the educational needs of oncology nurses who manage patients with cancer.
Learning Objectives
Following this webinar, participants should be able to:
- Describe current challenges for successful cancer pain management, including management of breakthrough pain
- Describe recent advances in the pharmacologic therapy of cancer pain
- Discuss cases that illustrate these challenges and breakthroughs
Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN, FAAN
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University
Available Credit
- 1.00 Participation
- 1.00 Nurse