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Course # 3064 • Lung Cancer: Diagnosis and Management

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Overview:

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer affecting both men and women in the U.S., accounting for an estimated 15% of all new cancers in 2009 [1; 2]. Although it has been linked primarily with smoking and environmental factors, this disease can affect patients regardless of their occupation or lifestyle. Within the general diagnosis of lung cancer, there are several types, each with its own clinical course and prognosis. It is important that healthcare professionals understand these differences as they care for patients with the diagnosis of lung carcinoma.

Multiple treatment options are available to the lung cancer patient. Traditional methods, such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, continue to be the mainstays, but alternative methods are also being increasingly developed and used. Many of the treatment options available to lung cancer patients have extensive side effects, which should be discussed and minimized as much as possible

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Education Category: Medical / Surgical

Release Date: 09/01/2009

Expiration Date: 08/31/2012

Audience:

This course is designed for all members of the healthcare interdisciplinary team (IDT), especially those involved in the care of patients with lung cancer.

Accreditations/Approvals:

CME Resource is approved to offer continuing education through the Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators. Provider Number FNHAP-17. CME Resource is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Designations of Credit:

CME Resource designates this continuing education activity for 10 ANCC contact hour(s). CME Resource designates this continuing education activity for 12 hours for Alabama nurses. This home study course is approved by the Florida Board of Nursing Home Administrators for 5 credit hour(s). AACN Synergy CERP Category A.

Individual State Nursing Accreditations:

Alabama Provider #ABNP0353, (Valid through December 12, 2013). California BRN Provider #CEP9784. California BVNPT Provider #V10662. Florida Provider #50-2405. Iowa Provider #295. A copy of the evaluation for this activity may be submitted directly to the Iowa Board of Nursing. Kentucky Provider #7-0054 through 12/31/2012. Kentucky Board of Nursing approval of an individual nursing continuing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program content. Texas ANCC/Type I.

Course Objective:

The purpose of this course is to address the various aspects of diagnosis, treatment, disease management and appropriate patient care for healthcare professionals caring for patients with lung cancer.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

Discuss the risk factors and incidence of lung cancer.
Explain the pathophysiology of lung cancer.
Identify the signs and symptoms of lung cancer.
Discuss the various tests used to diagnose lung cancer.
Describe the lung cancer classification and staging system.
Discuss the treatment options available to the patient with lung cancer, including potential adverse effects.
Discuss the clinical course of a patient with lung cancer.
Describe conditions caused by advanced lung cancer and treatments.
Identify the vascular access devices (VADs) commonly used in the treatment and management of lung cancer.
Define grief and loss and identify measures to facilitate the grieving process.
Differentiate between advance directives, physician directives, and do not esuscitate (DNR) orders.
Explain the hospice concept.
Discuss nursing case management and clinical pathways of the patient with lung cancer.
List patient teaching goals that are useful for patients with lung cancer.

Faculty:

Marilyn Fuller Delong, MA, BSN, RN, received her basic nursing education at St. Luke's School of Nursing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, her BSN from Coe College and her MA from California State University, Long Beach. She has worked throughout the United States both clinically and as an educator. Her continuing education classes have focused on the case management aspects of the care of orthopedic and pulmonary patients, with particular focus on the long-term care needs of the elderly and disabled.

Division Planner(s):

Jane C. Norman, RN, MSN, CNE, PhD

Faculty Disclosure

Contributing faculty, Marilyn Fuller Delong, MA, BSN, RN, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Division Planner Disclosure

The division planner has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

About the Sponsor

The purpose of CME Resource is to provide challenging curricula to assist healthcare professionals to raise their levels of expertise while fulfilling their continuing education requirements, thereby improving the quality of healthcare.

Our contributing faculty members have taken care to ensure that the information and recommendations are accurate and compatible with the standards generally accepted at the time of publication. The publisher disclaims any liability, loss or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any of the contents. Participants are cautioned about the potential risk of using limited knowledge when integrating new techniques into practice.

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It is the policy of CME Resource not to accept commercial support.

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