Main description:

Includes 6 months' free ExamPrepConnect Digital Access with print purchase!If you are studying for the ONCC Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) Examination, Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN (R)) Review is a must-have resource. This comprehensive print + digital resource is based on the latest ONCC content outline and authored by expert oncology nurses. Each chapter addresses exam topics with exam tips, quick-reference tables, useful illustrations, and end-of-chapter questions to assess knowledge retention. The review concludes with a full 165-question practice test. With more than 300 exam-style practice questions in total, detailed review content and answer rationales, and a convenient print + digital package, Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) Review gives you the tools you need to study your way and the confidence to pass the first time, guaranteed!

Key Features:

Aligns with the latest ONCC OCN (R) exam blueprint
Provides a comprehensive yet concise review of everything needed to pass your exam
Features exam tips, key points, and clinical pearls to remember on exam day
Includes end-of-chapter assessment questions and a full 165-question practice test with robust remediating rationales
Content available digitally via ExamPrepConnect for study on the go

ExamPrepConnect Features:

All the high-quality content from the book
Personalized study plan based on exam date
300+ questions and answers with rationales-study by topic to identify strengths and weaknesses
Timed practice test to accurately gauge exam preparedness
Discussion board to connect with your exam-prep community
Games to make studying fun!

OCN is a registered trademark of the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC). The 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