New Paradigms in Multiple Myeloma Management:
Nurse-Centric Case Studies in Patient Survivorship
About The Conference:
Thursday, April 25, 2013 • 12:00PM – 1:30PM
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington, DC 20001
Program Overview:
Through the use of patient cases, experienced nurse leaders interweave nursing best practices, cutting-edge research, and personal experiences in the treatment of myeloma. Nursing implications for myeloma treatments, including newly approved drugs, will be discussed. Tools and strategies for forming partnerships with patients and caregivers to optimize patient survivorship will be integrated throughout the cases. Nurses who practice in academic and community settings alike will be educated and inspired by this nurse-centric presentation.
Target Audience:
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of oncology nurses involved in the care of patients with multiple myeloma.
Learning Goal and Objectives:
To educate and provide practical recommendations to nurses for optimal management and care of myeloma patients.
- Manage myeloma patients at different disease stages as illustrated by case studies, latest treatment paradigms, and research.
- Identify patient management and administration considerations for newly
approved myeloma therapies. - Apply Nurse Leadership Board’s survivorship care and side effect
management tools to build partnerships with patients. - Employ best practices to manage myeloma patients by educating, inspiring, and empowering nurses to provide optimal care.
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
It is the policy of Medical Education Resources to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all of its educational activities. In accordance with this policy, MER identifies conflicts of interest with its instructors, content managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of an activity. Conflicts are resolved by MER to ensure that all scientific research referred to, reported, or used in a continuing education activity conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
Nursing Credit
Medical Education Resources is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This CE activity provides 1.5 contact hours of continuing nursing education.
Medical Education Resources is a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 12299, for 1.5 contact hours.
Fee Information
There is no fee for this educational activity.
ONS Disclaimer
Meeting space has been assigned to provide a Satellite Symposium supported by The International Myeloma Foundation via an educational grant during the Oncology Nursing Society’s (ONS) 38th Annual Congress, April 25-28, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Oncology Nursing Society’s assignment of meeting space does not imply product endorsement nor does the Oncology Nursing Society assume any responsibility for the educational content of the symposium.
- This activity is jointly sponsored by Medical Education Resources, the International Myeloma Foundation and CMEFirst, LLC.
- This activity is supported by an educational grant from Celgene Corporation, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company and Onyx Pharmaceuticals.
