Caring for Patients with GI Cancers - SPOC

Melanie N. Allard, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AGAC-NP (student), will review basic gastrointestinal tract anatomy and discuss gastrointestinal cancer(s), workup, and treatment. She will differentiate between each disease type specifically with signs/symptoms, statistics, and management, and help attendees to recognize common side effects of treatment and management of symptoms.

Target Audience

These courses are intended for medical, radiation, and surgical oncologists, hematologists, advanced practice nurses, registered nurses, physician assistants, radiologic technologists, researchers, pharmacists, trainees, allied health personnel, and others who are interested in care for patients and survivors in North Carolina.

Learning Objectives

  • Review basic gastrointestinal tract anatomy
  • Discuss gastrointestinal cancer(s), workup, and treatment
  • Differentiate between each disease type specifically with signs/symptoms, statistics, and management

 

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
05/15/2023
Course expires: 
05/14/2028
Part of: 
Community College Oncology Complete Series
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Melanie N. Allard, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AGAC-NP (student)

Nurse Practitioner Specialist
Division of Oncology
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Participation
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