Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
for Nurses
Teresa Knoop, MSN, RN, AOCN®
Assistant Director, Clinical Operations
Clinical Trials Shared Resource
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center
Nashville, TN
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Disclosures
No conflicts to disclose
Objectives
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Presentations!!!
Introduction
• Learning by example
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Types of Clinical Information
• Patient education
• Case studies
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General Guidelines for
Presenting Clinical Information
• Define your purpose and organize your thoughts; be clear about your take-away message
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General Guidelines for
Presenting Clinical Information
• Presentation components
– Introduction
• Powerful
• Captures attention
• Tell them what you are going to tell them; convey purpose
– Body
• Tell them
– Conclusion
• Tell them what you told them (what message do you want them to take away?)
– Reference all material; even when taken from areas of public domain
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General Guidelines for
Presenting Clinical Information
• Strategies for presenting clinical information
– Use analogies
– Use humor
– Can cause anxiety due to fear of question you can’t answer or from fear of being
challenged
– Prepare yourself as much as possible for potential questions (if you ask yourself
the question as you are preparing, be sure to look up the answer before the
presentation)
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General Guidelines for
Presenting Clinical Information
• Handling question and answer sessions
– If a question seems hostile, briefly respond and offer to discuss after the
presentation
– If you do not know the answer, be honest and offer to look it up later and email it
– Don’t be afraid to be honest with the audience and do not try to bluff your way
though the answer
Learning by example
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Clinical Manifestations of Disease
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Mechanism of Action
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Chimeric Antigen Receptor-T cells
CAR-T
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/research/car-t-cells#living-
drug
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Adverse Events Related to Treatment
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Checkpoint Inhibitors
Immune Related Adverse Events
• Potentially serious/life-threatening
• GI (diarrhea>colitis)
• Pulmonary (pneumonitis/interstitial lung
disease [ILD])
• Endocrine (thyroid, adrenal, pituitary)
• Liver (hepatitis)
• Kidney (nephritis)
• Skin
• Neuro
keytruda.com; opdivo.com; yervoy.com
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Nursing Management of
Signs/Symptoms/Adverse Events
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Patient Education
Checkpoint Inhibitors
Patient/Caregiver Education
• Dermatologic
• Rash
• GI:
• Diarrhea or more bowel movements than usual
• Blood in stool or dark, tarry stools
• Stomach pain or tenderness
• Lung:
• New/worsening cough
• Chest pain
• Shortness of breath
keytruda.com; opdivo.com; yervoy.com
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Case Studies
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Presenting Case Studies
• Be concise and clear
• Explain any unfamiliar concepts or word; don’t take familiarity for granted
• Stick to the point of the case and don’t let the discussion get too far off track
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Conclusion
• General guidelines
– Identify guidelines to use when developing a clinical nursing presentation.
• Learning by example
– Identify skills necessary to deliver a dynamic and effective presentation .
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References
• Vollman K. AACN Enhancing Presentation Skills for the Advanced Practice
Nurse: Strategies for Success. 16(1):67–77, JAN 2005
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