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ForwardNurse Ambassador Training: Self-Paced
Target Audience
Oncology nurses
Learning Objectives
The learner will be able to:
- Define Integrative Oncology.
- Recall therapies not considered Integrative Oncology.
- Describe two services offered to patients by the Integrative Oncology department.
- Describe the process of acupuncture and its indications in patients with cancer.
- Recall three indications for acupuncture treatment to alleviate side effects in patients diagnosed with cancer.
- Define lifestyle nutrition as it collaborates with Integrative Oncology.
- Recall patient specific history and physical information as it relates to proper development of lifestyle nutrition recommendations.
- Identify two modifications patients can make in their nutrition choices to improve overall health.
- Recall goals of nurse ambassador training.
- Discuss integrative therapies performed by nurse ambassadors for symptom management of patients being treated for cancer.
- Identify steps to a patient interaction for appropriate assessment in determining proper Integrative Oncology recommendations for symptom management.
Kelli Fasenmyer, BSN, RN Collaborative Practice Nurse The wellness and Integrative Oncology Program | Lanie Francis, MD Hematologist/Oncologist, Director of the Wellness and Integrative Oncology Program UPMC Hillman Cancer Center | Sadie Grossman, MS, E-YRT 500, C-IAYT Certified Yoga Therapist UPMC, CMU |
Jenni Hubert, BS, MS WILD Wellness, LLC
Nicole Remic, LMT Licensed Massage Therapist |
Kayla Miller, MSN, RN, CRNP Nurse Ambassador Clinical Liaison UPMC Hillman Cancer Center | Danielle Petrina, MEd Program Manager Wellness and Integrative Oncology UPMC Hillman Cancer Center |
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.75 hour.
To receive 0.75 Contact Hour, the learner must sign in, attend the entire activity, complete the knowledge assessment with a passing score, and complete the activity evaluation.
Available Credit
- 0.75 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 0.75 Attendance