OVERVIEW

NY Mandated Infection Control for Healthcare Professionals is organized by Nurse.com - OnCourse Learning Corporation and will be held from Jul 09, 2018 - Jul 15, 2021. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 3.00 Contact Hours.

Description:
This course presents an overview of basic concepts of cancer and the nursing care of adult patients receiving chemotherapy. Topics include theories of carcinogenesis, normal and cancer-cell biology, diagnosis and staging of cancer, treatment modalities, mechanisms of drug actions, administration guidelines, adverse effects, and preventive and symptomatic psychosocial and physiological patient care. Nurses who are not specialized in the care of cancer patients will find this course especially valuable. Oncology nurses will find this course to be a good foundational review of cancer basics and general concepts of chemotherapy administration.

Goal and Learning Outcomes:
The goal of this three-part program is to update healthcare professionals’ ability to apply scientifically accepted infection-control principles to reduce transmission of pathogens.
After studying the information presented here, you will be able to:
• Recognize the benefits of adhering to standards of infection control and describe the professional’s responsibility to adhere to these practices and the consequences of failing to comply
• Recognize the professional’s responsibility to monitor infection-control practices of those for whom he or she is responsible and intervene as necessary
• Describe how pathogenic organisms may be spread in healthcare settings, identify factors influencing the outcome of exposure, list strategies for preventing transmission of pathogenic organisms, and describe their application in practice
• Define engineering controls and work-practice controls and identify a hierarchy of exposure-prevention strategies
• Describe specific practices and settings that raise exposure potential to healthcare workers and patients and identify work practice controls that prevent exposure
• Recognize the circumstances that require the use of personal protective equipment and identify these specific barriers
• Identify a professional’s responsibility for maintaining a safe patient-care environment and recognize nonspecific disease findings that prompt evaluation of healthcare providers
• Recognize the role of occupational health strategies in protecting healthcare providers and patients as well as the importance of the correct application of reprocessing methods
• List specific occupational health strategies for preventing HIV, hepatitis B virus, and TB in healthcare providers, and identify resources for evaluation of healthcare workers infected with these conditions
• Describe the signs and symptoms of sepsis, and relate the importance of rapid identification and management