Oncology Certification Review Course

David Geffen School of Medicine / CHS 23-105
760 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Course Description

This course is designed to enhance the knowledge, skills, and competency of the health care practitioner providing care to the oncology patient. 

Contact hours are provided for each day.  No need to attend all three day to receive credit.  Interested in attending more days, Register HERE. 

Presentations for Friday, April 6, 2018 0800-1630 (please refer to the email reminder for the presentation password)

• Scientific Basis of Practice - Patricia Jakel, MN, RN, OCN
• Primary Brain Tumors & Mets - Nanette Fong, MSN, RN, NP
• Survivorship - Denise Economou, MN, RN, CHPN
• Care of the Gynecological Malignancy Patient - Paula Anastasia, MN, RN, AOCN
• Care of Colorectal Cancer Patient - Megan Price, MSN, RN, NP-C
• Brain Malignancies - Nanette Fong, MSN, RN, NP
• Genetics and Cancer - Erica Silver, MS, LCGC
• Care of the End-of-Life Patient - Stephanie Jackson, MSN, RN, AOCNS, BMTCN

Contact Hours for Friday, April 6, 2018

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12511 for 8 contact hours.
UCLA Health is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Participants will be awarded 7 ANCC contact hours.
No Partial CE credit given.

Presentations for Friday, April 13, 2018 0800-1630 (please refer to the email reminder for the presentation password)

• Care of the Radiation Therapy Patient - Kayla Kafka, BSN, RN
• Palliative Care - Lori Koutouratsas, MDiv BCC
• Care of the Breast Cancer Patient - Madelaine Kuiper, MSN, RN, OCN
• Care of the Lung Cancer Patient - Melody Mendenhall, MSN, RN, NP-C
• Epidemiology, Prevention and Health Promotion - Stephanie Jackson, MSN, RN, AOCNS, BMTCN
• Cancers of the Head and Neck - Raquel Branom, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC

Contact Hours for Friday, April 13, 2018

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12511 for 8 contact hours.
UCLA Health is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Participants will be awarded 7 ANCC contact hours.
No Partial CE credit given.

Presentations for Friday, April 20, 2018 0800-1630 (please refer to the email reminder for the presentation password)

• Acute Leukemia - Gary Schiller, MD
• Autologous and Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant - Sarah Larson, MD
• Bone Marrow Transplantation - Mectilde Lambert, MN, RN and Laura Block, RN, OCN
• Diagnostic & Disease Evaluation Studies - Haley Castiglione, MSN, NP, HEME/SCT Nurse Practitioner
• Overview of Sarcoma: Soft Tissue and Bone - Sandra Brackert, NP
• Psychosocial Aspect of Care - Rebecca Pittenger, LCSW
• Sexuality and Cancer - Mel Mayorga, MSN(C), RN, OCN
• Lymphomas - Katy Sabati, MPA, PA-C

Contact Hours for Friday, April 20, 2018

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12511 for 8.5 contact hours.
UCLA Health is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Participants will be awarded 7.25 ANCC contact hours.
No Partial CE credit given.

Presentations for Friday, April 27, 2018 0800-1630 (please refer to the email reminder for the presentation password)

• Oncology Emergencies in Hematology Populations - Amalia Deperez, MSN, NP, RN
• Acute & Chronic Graft vs Host Disease - Shivani Mehta, MSN, ANP-BC
• Clinical Trails for Oncology Nurses - Margie Weiman, MSN, RN
• Bladder Cancer Clinical Management - Nazy Zomorodian, MSN, CUNP
• Update on Prostate Cancer - Nazy Zomorodian, MSN, CUNP
• Overview of Renal Cell Carcinoma - Nazy Zomorodian, MSN, CUNP
• Chimeric Antigen Receptor Therapy - Stephanie Jackson, MSN, RN, AOCNS, BMTCN
• Administration and Management of Transplant Infusions - Stephanie Jackson, MSN, RN, AOCNS, BMTCN
• Managing Toxicities from Melanoma Immunotherapy Treatments - Grace Cherry, MSN, NP, RN
• Symptom Management 

Contact Hours for Friday, April 27, 2018

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12511 for 8.5 contact hours.
UCLA Health is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Participants will be awarded 7.25 ANCC contact hours.
No Partial CE credit given.

For questions regarding course content, contact:

Stephanie Jackson, MSN, RN, AOCNS, BMTCN | STJackson@mednet.ucla.edu |310-267-7629
Pattie Jakel, MSN, RN, AOCN | PJakel@mednet.ucla.edu |424-259-8261