When:
August 18, 2018 @ 6:30 am – 3:00 pm
2018-08-18T06:30:00-04:00
2018-08-18T15:00:00-04:00
Where:
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
800 Rio Grande Blvd
NW Albuquerque
New Mexico 87104
Cost:
Free

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Oncology Nurses Society – Quality Improvement Series

10th Annual Southwest Regional ACONS Oncology Nursing Symposia
Features: ONS QIS Website, Clinical Care Tool-kits, Nurse/Patient Communication Tool-kits, Personalized Quality Improvement Posters and Online Enduring Smart Reach Programs

August 18th, 2018
Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town
800 Rio Grande Blvd, NW
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104

Saturday, August 18th, 2018
Breakfast: 6:30 – 7:30 AM
Meeting: 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Alvarado ABCDE

7 CNE Credits
FACULTY/PRESENTATION TRACKS
Follicular Lymphoma:
“The Role of the Oncology Nurse in the Management of Follicular Lymphoma – Incorporating New Therapies and Applying Treatment Guidelines to the Clinical Practice Setting”
Nishitha M. Reddy MD, MSCI.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Lymphoma Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Breast Cancer:
“The Unique Role of the Oncology Nurse in the Targeted Treatment Era of Breast Cancer”
Marilyn Johnston, MSN, FNP-BC, OCN
Director of Advanced Practice, Oncology
Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center
Acute Myeloid Leukemia

“The Unique Role of the Oncology Nurse in the Management of Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia”

Michael R. Grunwald, MD
Associate Director, Leukemia Division
Department of Hematologic Oncology and Blood Disorders
Levine Cancer Institute

Melanoma

“Nursing Management of Patients with Malignant Melanoma”

Kathy Madden, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, APHN
NYU Melanoma Program I Clinical Cancer Center
New York, NY

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

“Moving Beyond Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Therapeutic and Management Considerations for Nursing”

Leslie A. Andritsos, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of New Mexico
Hematology
Albuquerque, NM

Head and Neck Cancer

“Leveraging the Immune System to treat Recurrent or Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck”

Tanguy Y. Seiwert, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL

GCAP Scholarship Lecture (Panel lecture)

“Patient Perspectives in Quality Care”

Amy Catherine Gundelach, RN, MSN, OCN
University of New Mexico Cancer Center
Albuquerque, NM

Target Audience
Oncology certified nurses and oncologists

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
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CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
Med Learning Group designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the live activity.

NURSING CREDIT INFORMATION
Purpose:
This program would be beneficial for nurses involved in the care of oncology patients.

Credits:
7 ANCC Contact Hour(s)

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT:
Ultimate Medical Academy/CCM is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Awarded a maximum of 7 contact hour(s) of continuing nursing education of RNs and APNs.

ONCC RECERTIFICATION POINTS
The program content has been reviewed by the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) and is acceptable for recertification points.
Disclaimer: ONCC review is only for designating content to be used for recertification points and is not for CNE accreditation. CNE programs must be formally approved for contact hours by an acceptable accreditor/approver of nursing CE to be used for recertification by ONCC. If the CNE provider fails to obtain formal approval to award contact hours by an acceptable accrediting/approval body, no information related to ONCC recertification may be used in relation to the program.

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