Following this activity, participants should be able to:

Survivorship Update: Healthy Lifestyles

• Describe the components of a healthy lifestyle
• Discuss the types of support that nurses can provide to help patients initiate change to a healthy lifestyle
• Identify factors that may influence the recommendation of a specific exercise program

Current Approaches to Fertility Preservation

• Explain factors that put patients at risk for infertility from cancer treatment
• Describe options for male and female patients to preserve fertility before treatment
• Discuss strategies to help nurses discuss fertility preservation with their patients

Clinical Updates and Issues: Hepatobiliary Cancers

• List the cancers inclusive to hepatobiliary cancers
• Explain the complexities in treating these cancers
• Identify some of the emerging therapies in the treatment of hepatobiliary cancers

Clinical Updates and Issues: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma

• List the four recently approved drugs for the treatment of patients with CLL
• Outline criteria that determine the clinical course of treatment
• Discuss the adverse events that may occur with the treatment of CLL

Clinical Updates and Issues: Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

• List the different TKIs available and their preferred use in chronic, accelerated and blast phase CML
• Assess barriers that impede adherence to oral TKI dose regimens
• Distinguish common adverse events associated with TKIs

Clinical Updates and Issues: Brain Tumors

• List at least four types of brain tumors and associated prognosis
• Discuss new therapies in the treatment of brain tumors
• Outline the symptom assessment and supportive care strategies for patients with brain tumors

Management of Adverse Events associated with Immunotherapies in Melanoma

• List different types of immunotherapies and provide examples for each type
• Describe the types of adverse events seen with immunotherapies and compare with traditional therapies
• Identify ways in which clinical staff can improve both the implementation of these therapies and ultimately patient care

Optimizing Nursing Care during End of Life

• List pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions that may reduce pain and distress during end of life care
• Discuss the importance of educating the family and the patient about the physiologic process of dying
• Identify the components of the CARES tool