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Continuing Education for Nurses: Past Education Courses
Principles of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: What you need to know to take care of transplant recipients
This course is designed for the nurse who would like to enhance their knowledge and skills in caring for the BMT recipient during transplant.
This course will review evidence based care across the trajectory of the BMT recipient.
Concepts covered will include preparing the patient and family before and after transplant, the clinical use of hematopoietic stem cells, types of transplants, medications, outcomes and long term effects.
Interactive learning will be provided through case studies.
Program Objectives
- Explain the rational for an autologous and allogeneic BMT
- State 3 pre-transplant eligibility criteria
- State 3 acute complications of BMT
- Describe outcomes for both autologous and allogeneic BMT
- List 3 signs and symptoms of acute graft versus host disease
- State 3 medications used to treat graft versus host disease and list their side effects
- Describe chronic graft versus host disease
- List 3 common infections and their treatments
- Describe 3 rules to lessen the risk of infection and/or bleeding in the blood and marrow transplant recipient
- Describe 2 long term complications
If you experience any technical issues, please let us know by emailing helpdesk3-3333@stanfordhealthcare.org or call 650-723-3333.
- Documents used in this program are intended for use by participants only.
- No representations or warranties are made for outside use.
- Not for outside reproductions or publications without permission from faculty.
Due to copyright regulations and protecting Patient Health Information (PHI), some of the slides will not contain the pictures as seen in class.