Dear Members,

We are pleased to share with you the coming Nursing CARE Working Group Meeting on topic: Decreasing Anesthesia Time for Leukemia Patients Requiring Sedation for Routine Lumbar Puncture: A Quality Improvement Project

In this educational webinar, you will learn more about safer sedation practices and how to decrease anesthesia time for children receiving lumbar punctures.

Date: Thursday April 10, 2025

Time: 14:00 CEST

Speaker: Shelby Smith, RN, MSN, CPNP, CPHON

Register here: https://members.siop-online.org/event/10Apr 

To register, members need their SIOP username and password.

Shelby Smith is an oncology nurse practitioner and member of the leukemia and lymphoma team at Children’s National in Washington DC. She is the CCBD provider lead for the non-operating anesthesia room (NORA) on the hematology/oncology unit. Her clinical interests include improving efficiency and safety of oncology procedures in NORA and optimizing Blinatumomab administration for all patients with CD 19+ B cell ALL.

Looking forward to meeting you.

Warm regards

Nursing Network CARE WG Leaders

Shelby Schroeder, Co-Chair

Joan Nakabiri, Co-Chair