Course Code: REL-ACU-0-RFTOBC
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Recall the clinical presentation, diagnostic tests, and staging for bladder cancer.
Identify the treatment options for non-muscle-invasive and muscle-invasive bladder cancers and the healthcare professional’s role in treatment.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Overview
Sharon’s Diagnosis
Anatomy of the Urinary Bladder
Cancer Statistics
Environmental Risks
Clinical Presentation
Diagnostic Testing
Staging
Review
Summary
Section 3: Bladder Cancer Treatment
Treatment
Surgical Approach
Radiation
Stage 0
Stage I
Stage II and Stage III
Stage IV
Systemic Therapies for Metastatic Bladder Cancer
Review
Summary
Section 4: Considerations for the Interprofessional Team
BCG Shortage
Post-Cystectomy Complications
Checkpoint Inhibitors
Chemotherapy Adverse Events
Looking Ahead
The Role of the Healthcare Professional
Review
Summary
Section 5: Clinical Vignette
Mr. Blanchard
Section 6: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
References
Subject Matter Expert: Monica Caicedo Orellana, MS, RN, OCN
Monica Caicedo Orellana, MS, RN, OCN, is an SME writer for Relias with over 20 years of acute care experience in nursing. She has served in several leadership roles in the acute care setting, the medical-surgical division, and as a nurse educator. She has mentored nurses in renal and oncology specialties. She has been involved in various institutional committees and quality improvement projects. Monica is passionate about professional nursing standards and fostering an environment of continuous lifelong learning as an instrument to improve patient care.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Medical Providers; Nursing Personnel; in the following settings: Hospitals: Acute.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.