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Disease prevention is an important domain along the cancer care continuum and relevant to all areas of nursing practice. This course will provide: the foundational concepts of health promotion, types of prevention, population based cancer screening, survivorship and health promotion, an introduction to complementary and alternative therapy, an overview of behavioral change theory, and motivational interviewing theory and practice. Health promotion and prevention are important knowledge and practice standards in: the College of Nurses standards of practice, the Community Health Nurses Standards of Practice, and the Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology. The course is comprised of six eLearning modules. Each eLearning module will take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. With required readings, completing activities, and posting to the discussion forum, the estimated minimum weekly commitment time is 2-3 hours a week.

de Souza Nurse Designation: This course is worth 0.5 credits under Patient Teaching & Coaching

This course is offered at no cost but a $100 deposit is required to secure your place in the course. Cheques will be deposited if participants fail to cancel their registration after October 1st, 2012 or fail to complete the course. For more information, please view our Cancellation & No Show policy.

Please mail your cheque to:

700 University Avenue

HSC #14

Toronto, ON M5G 1Z5 

Maximum seats: 60

Cost: $0