Course Code: REL-ACU-0-NBCJ
Hours: 1.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Identify modifiable and non-modifiable factors for breast cancer, detection guidelines, and diagnostic modalities.
Define treatment modalities for breast cancer, factors that help with prognosis and treatment decisions for patients with breast cancer, and adverse effects of treatment.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Statistics
Lifestyle Risk Factors
Non-Modifiable Risk Factors
Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (HBOC) Syndrome
Other Risk Factors
Review
Section 3: Screening and Diagnosis
Identifying Breast Cancer
Average Risk
Increased Risk
Clinical Breast Exam (CBE)/Breast Self-Exam (BSE)
Biopsy
Types of Breast Cancer
Review
Section 4: Staging
Extent and Prognosis
TNM Clinical Staging Classification
Evaluation and Workup
Prognostic Factors
After a Diagnosis
Review
Section 5: Treatment
Interprofessional Team
Surgery: A Choice
Mastectomy
Lumpectomy
Breast Prosthesis and Reconstruction
Radiation Therapy
Brachytherapy (Internal Radiation)
Chemotherapy
Targeted Therapies
Hormone Therapy
Immunotherapy
Review
Section 6: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
ReferencesSubject Matter Expert: Monica Caicedo Orellana, MS, RN, OCN
Monica Caicedo Orellana, MS, RN, OCN, is an SME writer for Relias with over 20 years of acute care experience in nursing. She has served in several leadership roles in the acute care setting, the medical-surgical division, and as a nurse educator. She has mentored nurses in renal and oncology specialties. She has been involved in various institutional committees and quality improvement projects. Monica is passionate about professional nursing standards and fostering an environment of continuous lifelong learning as an instrument to improve patient care.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; Pharmacists; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.