Association for peds hem/onc nurses & other healthcare professionals

Renewal Program for APHON Pediatric Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Providers

The dates for renewals are as follows (please refer to your provider card for the issue date):
Provider Card Issue Date	Renewal Deadlines
1/1/2010-12/31/2010	12/31/2012
1/1/2011-12/31/2011	12/31/2013
1/1/2012-12/31/2012	12/31/2014
Providers that previously completed the renewal process may access their CE certificate here. You will be required to login using your APHON website ID and password.

To ensure that providers stay current in their knowledge of safe chemotherapy and biotherapy administration, APHON requires approved Providers to renew their status every two years. This is an important part of the Provider Program so that all Providers keep pace with the ever changing advancement in medicine and technology. The cost to renew is $35 for APHON members and $45 for nonmembers.

This online program asks participants to read updated administration material, take a post-test, and complete an evaluation. (You will be allowed to retake the post-test only one time if you fail on the first try.)

Content of the program:

A review safe handling practices for antineoplastic and biotherapeutic agents.

Identification of new antiemetic agents used in pediatric oncology.

Discussion of complementary therapies that may prevent nausea and vomiting in children.

A description of special considerations and nursing interventions when biotherapeutic agents are being administered to children.

Listing of common side effects for chemotherapeutic agents recently approved for use in children and the nursing interventions during their administration.

Identification of administration techniques when using an Ommaya reservoir.

Discussion of safety recommendations for the administration of vincristine.

Description of updates in the management of extravasation.

The renewal exam consists of 25 questions and you must achieve a minimum score of 80% to pass. If you are unsuccessful on your first attempt, you will be permitted to retake the test at no additional cost. If you do not achieve a passing score after two attempts you will be required to take the 2-day provider course again.

The 2011 Pediatric Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Provider Renewal Program is now closed. You must sit for the 2-day course if your chemotherapy and biotherapy provider status expired on December 31, 2011 and you failed to complete the renewal program.

APHON will try to contact providers in advance of the renewal deadlines, but providers are responsible for maintaining their own status. Providers are not eligible to renew nor will they be able to access the post-test until approximately 6 weeks prior to their expiration date.

Those who successfully complete the post-test will receive 2.0 nursing contact hours.

The Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses (APHON) is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Disclosure
A staff member, volunteer, or family member who has an affiliation with a commercial company must declare that relationship in advance of involvement with an education activity that could be used as a forum to promote the interest of that company and its products. There are no disclosures to report for this activity.

Off-Label Use
This program contains discussion of off-label uses (products used for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the FDA).