New-to-Oncology Roundtables

Saturday, November 16, 2024

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Location: Texas 4

CE: 1.25 credits/hours

Speaker(s)

Debra Evans, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
MiKaela Olsen, DNP, APRN-CNS, AOCNS, FAAN

Clinical Program Director for Oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Health System
Edie Brucker, DNP, MPH, ARNP, AGPCNP-BC, AOCNP, CENP

Director, Advanced Practice Providers
Fred Hutch
Seattle, Washington, United States
Lucia Carranza, MSN, APRN, AOCNP

Phase 1 Oncology Nurse Practitioner
University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
Molly K. Tate, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner
MD Anderson Cancer Center
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
Jibran Majeed, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN (he/him/his)

Advanced Practice Provider Manager and Regional UCC/SCC and Emergency Response
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States

Moderator(s)

Lorinda A. Coombs, PhD, FNP-BC, AOCNP®

Clinician Researcher and Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Oakland, California, United States

In this special session, each small group will be led by an experienced AP who will facilitate discussion, share resources, and answer real-world questions about the day-to-day challenges and successes of the AP role. Attendees can join up to 3 topic tables.

Topics:
1. Knowing Your Worth as a New APP and Getting What You Deserve (Debra Evans, MSN, ANP-BC, AOCNP®)
2. Extravasation and Infiltration of Antineoplastics: Do You Know the Current Guidelines and Recommendations for Treatment? (MiKaela Olsen DNP, APRN-CNS, AOCNS, FAAN)
3. Cracking the Code: Billing, Documentation, and Patient Visit Essentials (Edie Brucker, DNP, MPH, ARNP, AGPCNP-BC®, AOCNP®, CENP)
4. Introduction to Clinical Research (Lucia Carranza, MSN, APRN, AOCNP®)
5. Survivorship Care for Radiation Oncology Patients (Molly K. Tate, MSN, APRN, FNP-C)
6. Optimizing Symptom Management in Oncology: Enhancing Patient Care Through Proactive Strategies (Jibran Majeed, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN )

Disclosures:

Debra Evans has served as an advisor for Bristol Myers Squibb and G1 Therapeutics, and as a speaker for AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Mirati Therapeutics.
Mikaela Olsen has served on the advisory board for Beckinson and Dickson.
Edie Brucker has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Lucia Carranza has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Molly Tate has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Jibran Majeed has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

Ascertain the organizational structure within a practice and describe successful methods of AP interactions within the institution (Table 1)
Understand current recommendations for the management of extravasations and infiltrations for patients receiving antineoplastics (Table 2)
Implement best practices for efficiently conducting comprehensive patient visits, as well as billing and documenting appropriately (Table 3)
Identify opportunities for increased APP involvement in oncology clinical research (Table 4)
Explore the comprehensive role of APs in the long-term care and management of cancer survivors who previously underwent radiation therapy (Table 5)
Review diagnostic workup and management for oncological patients with acute symptoms (Table 6)