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Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN®) Review is designed to help you prepare for the OCN® certification exam. This comprehensive study aid addresses exam topics with exam tips, key points, clinical pearls, quick-reference tables, useful illustrations, and end-of-chapter questions to assess knowledge retention. The review concludes with a full-length practice test to get you ready for exam day. With more than 300 practice questions, detailed review content and answer rationales, and access to ExamPrepConnect, this study aid empowers you with the tools and materials to study your way and the confidence to pass the first time, guaranteed! Know that you're ready. Know that you'll pass with Springer Publishing Exam Prep.
Key Features
Reflects the latest ONCC® OCN® exam blueprint
Provides a comprehensive yet concise review of essential knowledge for the exam
Features exam tips, key points, and clinical pearls to remember on exam day
Includes end-of-chapter Q&A and a full practice test with detailed rationales
Boosts your confidence with a 100% pass guarantee
Offers on-the-go digital access with ExamPrepConnect
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OCN® is a registered trademark of the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC®). ONCC® is the sole owner of its certification programs. ONCC does not endorse this exam preparation resource, nor does it have a proprietary relationship with Springer Publishing Company.
Contents
Contributors
Preface
PART I. CERTIFICATION AND EXAM INFORMATION
Chapter 1. Oncology Nursing Certification
Chapter 2. Test-Taking Strategies
PART II. FOUNDATIONS OF ONCOLOGY PRACTICE
Chapter 3. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Concepts
Chapter 4. Screening, Early Detection, and Prevention Practices
Chapter 5. Carcinogenesis and the Role of Genes
Chapter 6. Treatment Modalities for Malignancies
Chapter 7. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Chapter 8. Research and Clinical Trials
PART III. DISEASE-SPECIFIC CANCERS
SECTION I: SOLID TUMORS
Chapter 9. Skin Cancers
Chapter 10. Brain and Nervous system Cancers
Chapter 11. Lung Cancers
Chapter 12. Breast Cancers
Chapter 13. Gastrointestinal Cancers
Chapter 14. Genitourinary and Male and Female Reproductive Cancers
Chapter 15. Prostate Cancer
Chapter 16. Head and Neck Cancers
SECTION II: LIQUID TUMORS
Chapter 17. Leukemia
Chapter 18. Lymphoma
Chapter 19. Multiple Myeloma
PART IV. SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT AND ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
Chapter 20. Integumentary Side Effects
Chapter 21. Hematologic Side Effects
Chapter 22. Pulmonary Side Effects
Chapter 23. Cardiac Side Effects
Chapter 24. Gastrointestinal Side Effects
Chapter 25. Genitourinary Side Effects and Hepatotoxicity
Chapter 26. Neurological Side Effects
PART V. ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
Chapter 27. Oncologic Emergencies
PART VI. SURVIVORSHIP AND END-OF-LIFE CARE
Chapter 28. Survivorship
Chapter 29. End-of-Life Care
PART VII. PSYCHOSOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CARE
Chapter 30. Psychosocial Issues
Chapter 31. Cancer and Sexual Health
PART VIII. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Chapter 32. Standards of Professional Performance
PART IX. PRACTICE TEST
Chapter 33. Practice Test
Chapter 34. Practice Test: Answers with Rationales
