Program Description
This 16 contact hour course is targeted at the experienced oncology nurse who wishes to take the OCN examination. This course is a review of the topics ONS has included in this examination. (FBN is recognized by ONS for OCN renewal hours)

Program Objectives
By the completion of this program the nurse will be able to:

• Compare & contrast the various theories behind cancer development and cancer interventions and review the major cancers
• Describe health promotion & screening strategies to decrease the incidence &/or mortality from cancer
• Identify early assessment & interventions for oncology emergencies
• Apply the standards of professional performance to oncology nursing practice
• Describe nursing assessments & interventions for patients with alterations in protective mechanisms and alterations in cardiopulmonary, GI, & urinary function
• Identify effects of cancer & cancer treatments on quality of life along with nursing management
• Demonstrate how to prepare for the OCN Examination & verbalize how to renew certification

Course Faculty
Cyndi Cramer, BA,RN,OCN,PCRN
Oncology, Palliative Care, Critical Care, & Pediatric Educator
RealNurseEd.com
Cyndi has over 30 years of experience at the bedside in all areas of hospital nursing including oncology & BMTU, critical care (adult, pediatric, neonatal & oncology critical care) and home health as well as Education & Administration. She has also spent a great
deal of that time teaching nurses on a variety of topics in a variety of settings. She teaches the ONS Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Course, the End of Life Nursing Education
Consortium Courses (ELNEC), Oncology Emergencies, All About Cancer, and programs on pain control & end of life issues. She has a special interest in nurses caring for cancer patients in non-oncology areas: "Cancer patients are everywhere!"
Cyndi is also a very active member of the Oncology Nursing Society both on the local & national level and is a member of AACN

Feedback from Cyndi's former students:
"You can tell that Cyndi has really been at the bedside and isn't just one of those teachers who never touches a patient. She is very knowledgeable in both areas?"
"You have the gift of making complex topics simple"
"I had fun learning all this stuff! The time passed so quickly"
"You used every possible teaching tool--WOW!"

Agenda
Day one:
7:30-8:00 am   Registration
Continental Breakfast & Lunch is included both days

• About the Test
• Scientific Basis For Practice
• Health Promotion
• Protective Mechanisms
• Oncologic Emergencies
• Professional Performance
• Test Taking Tips
• Practice Questions

Day two:
7:30-8:00 am    Registration

• Cardiopulmonary Function
• Gastrointestinal and Urinary Function
• Quality of Life
• About OCN & Renewal
• Practice Questions