Shining a Light on Melanoma & Skin Cancer:
The Nursing Perspective
THURSDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2024 / DARLING HARBOUR, SYDNEY
The Melanoma & Skin Cancer Nurses Organisation is reaching out to all nurses with an interest in developing their skills to manage Australia’s national cancer, skin cancer.
This is the first inaugural conference of it’s kind for nurses, the backbone of our healthcare system.
Program overview
- Prevention & early detection
- Dermoscopic assessment and imaging workshop
- Histopathology of skin lesions
- Treatment options & management
- Uveal melanoma
- Models of care
Special International Guest
Krista M. Rubin, RN, MS, FNP-BC
Krista Rubin is an Oncology Nurse Practitioner at the Mass General Cancer Center in Boston, Massachusetts. She has expertise in skin cancer prevention and education, cancer symptom management, and has a special interest in the recognition and management of immune related toxicity. Krista also hosts many online webinars including with AIM at Skin Cancer Foundation, and the Skin Cancer & Research Foundation. Krista is also the Chair of the Melanoma Nursing Initiative, a nurse-centric on-line educational resource for healthcare providers to address adverse events associated with melanoma therapies.
Details
TIMES
Registration & arrival – 8:00am
Conference starts – 8:30am
Conference concludes – 5pm
ADDRESS
Dockside
Balcony and Terrace Level
Cockle Bay Wharf
Darling Harbour, Sydney
