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HMTW Chemotherapy Administration Course-December 11, 2025
With the increasing population of patients that require inpatient chemotherapy, this offering closes the knowledge and skill gaps for nurses who do not have experience in safely administering these drugs.
Target Audience
Registered Nurses
Learning Objectives
- Define cancer, chemotherapy, and other oncology treatments
- Discuss principles of hazardous drugs and safely administering hazardous drugs
- Discuss principal patient assessments and monitoring required for intravenous oncology treatments
- Discuss safe handling of chemotherapy and other hazardous drugs
- Discuss hazardous drug spill management and exposure management
- Identify common inpatient intravenous oncology medications and treatment protocols
HMTW Chemotherapy Administration Course
Agenda
Chemotherapy in the oncology patient population: | 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM |
Chemotherapy dose determination | 09:30 AM – 10:00 AM |
Proper PPE and Central Line Management | 10:00 AM – 11 AM |
Oncologic Emergencies, Special Considerations, ANC | 11 AM – 11:30 AM |
Break | 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM |
Medication and Documentation Errors | 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM |
Chemotherapy administration and spill management | 12:15 PM- 12:45 PM |
Chemotherapy Demonstration, Team Exercises, Discussion | 12:45 -1:15 PM |
Common Hazardous Drugs: | 1:15 PM – 1:45 PM |
Break | 1:45 PM – 1:55 PM |
Evaluation
| 1:55 PM – 2 PM |
Class will be held in the Healing Tower, 6th Floor Conference Room # 6592
Stacey Viser, BSN, RN, MedSurg RN-BC
The activity's Nurse Planner has determined that no one who has the ability to control the content of this CNE activity - planning committee members and presenters/authors/content reviewers - has a conflict of interest. Please send any questions to HMHNursePlanners@HoustonMethodist.org
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
To be awarded 4.50 continuing professional development hours, the participant must be registered for this class, attend the program in its entirety, complete course requisites, and complete the evaluation tool.
Available Credit
- 4.50 Nursing Contact Hours
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Houston Methodist will award 4.50 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.
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