Skin cancer nursing has become a career in itself.
Nurses working in full time skin cancer clinics find that this work is a new ball game, with its on special skills and requirements. ACSCM presents a weekend designed for the education of skin cancer nurses.
The weekend completes with an optional multichoice exam in skin cancer nursing. Those passing this exam will be awarded a certificate in skin cancer nursing.
(A weekend for doctors to learn dermoscopy is planned for the same hotel the same weekend. We will all join for dinner on the Saturday evening.)
When: April 18 / 19
Where: Novotel Hotel, 200 Creek Street, Brisbane
Your presenters include:
Associate Professor Anthony Dixon
Dr. Helena Rosengren
as well as experienced skin cancer nurses.
The program includes:
- Recgnising skin cancers
- Fundamentals of skin cancer management
- Introduction to dermoscopy
- Equipment for skin cancer surgery including suture material
- Setting up a procedure room for skin surgery
- Cleaning and sterilizing of equipment
- Dressings: theory and practical
- Setting up a tray for a skin procedure
- Maintaining the sterile field
- Infection control
- Post operative explanations
- Wound assesment
- How to suture
- How to do cryotherapy
- How to do photodynamic therapy
- Dealing with complaints
- Consent for procedures including financial consent
- Photographing skin lesions
- And more!
Proposed program here.
Register here.