Understanding ototoxicity risks for pediatric oncology patients

Program Description:

From the July/August 2011 Oncology Nurse Advisor: Hearing loss is one possible adverse effect of childhood cancer treatment. Partial or complete hearing loss can result in communication difficulties and impaired speech and language development. Most cancer treatments for children include agents that put patients at risk for ototoxicity. Knowledge of the risk factors for ototoxicity and understanding the appropriate interventions can help promote continued social and emotional development in these young patients.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of registered nurses and nurse practitioners involved in the management of patients with cancer.

Activity Objectives:

After participating in this activity, clinicians should be better able to:

• Define three risk factors for ototoxicity in cancer treatment in the pediatric population


• Identify the appropriate audiologic testing for infants and children


• Identify the mechanisms of ototoxicity of three types of ototoxic drugs


• List the preventive measures for ototoxicity




IMPORTANT NOTICE: When you have passed the post-test and claim credit for this course, please be sure to claim full credit. Some myCME activities allow for variable credit, but this program is not designed to allow for variable credit. All certificates will indicate the full designated contact hours.





Credits	Type	Accreditation Statement	Designation Statement
1.00	CE for Nurses	This continuing nursing education activity is provided by the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation (NPHF). NPHF is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.	This educational activity for 1.00 contact hours is provided by The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation.

Faculty:

Karen MacDonald, RN, BSN, CPON
Pediatric oncology nurse clinician
Beaumont Health System
Royal Oak, Michigan


Disclosures:

Faculty
Karen MacDonald, RN, BSN, CPON, reported no financial relationships or relationships to products or devices she or her spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CE activity.

Planners, reviewers, and staff
Fiona J. Shannon, MHS, FNP; Phyllis Arn Zimmer, MN, FNP, FAAN; Joyce Pagan; Kristen Childress, DNP, ARNP; and Connie Morrison-Hoogstede, MN, ARNP, AOCNP, reported no financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CE activity.

Accreditor Disclosure
The Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation (NPHF) assesses conflict of interest with its instructors, planners, reviewers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of CE activities. All relevant conflicts of interest that are identified are thoroughly vetted by NPHF for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies utilized in this activity, and patient care recommendations. NPHF is committed to providing its learners with high quality CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in health care.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity does not contain discussion of any published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA .

Disclaimer
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of or imply endorsement by NPHF, the American Nurses Credentialing Center, or Haymarket Media, Inc. As this article contains only a review, participants have an implied responsibility to use this newly acquired information while also consulting other appropriate sources of information in order to gain full understanding of the topic.

Accredited Provider:

Co-sponsored by the Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Foundation and Haymarket Media Inc.

Instructions:

To obtain credit, a score of 80% or better is required. This CNE is offered at no cost to participants. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the posttest survey, and have received your digital copy of your credit certificate. Your online certificate will be saved on myCME.com within your Profile/Exam History, which you can then access at any time.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.

MACINTOSH^® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20 MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.