We participated in the National Seminar for Nurses from Oncology Departments

9. 5. 2023

On 28-29 April 2023, an oncology seminar for nurses was held in Senohraby in the Central Bohemia Region with the main topic of Safe administration of biological therapy. In addition to professional oncology topics, nurses could listen to interesting lectures on the educational role of the nurse or how crucial psychosocial support and self-care is in relation to the profession of oncology nurse.

On the last weekend in April, another edition of the National Seminar for Oncology Nurses was held. Like last year, it took place at the Sen Hotel in Senohraby, where for two days nurses were educated in the safe administration and use of cytostatics, the importance of monoclonal antibodies as a biological drug or how to deal with extravasation, oral cavity damage or radiodermatitis.

The seminar was professionally supervised by Prof. Samuel Vokurka, M.D., Ph.D. from the University Hospital Pilsen. In addition to him, lectures were given by Prof. Petra Tesarova, M.D., CSc. from the Bulovka University Hospital or Stanislav Synek, PharmD, Ph.D. from the Masaryk Cancer Institute in Brno.

After the expert contributions, the first day was concluded with a lecture Psychosocial support, self-care, how to stay "on top of things" and not to burn out by PhDr. Ing. Martin Pospíchal, Ph.D. from the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University.

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