Greet The Day

Helping make the experience of cancer treatment better.

HOSPITAL- BASED
Infusion Center Massage

Knowledge and skill development infusion center massage (ICM) programs for therapists who would like to work with patients in hospitals and infusion centers, and with the clinical teams caring for them. This program is open to massage therapists, estheticians, nurses and nurse aides.
 
A Greet The Day organization goal is to see the inclusion of massage during infusion center treatment available for all patients everywhere, and Greet The Day has helped facilitate the introduction of hospital-based infusion center massage programs in states across the US including California, North Carolina, Washington D.C. and Alaska.
oncology massage

“For some of our patients their massage is the only thing they look forward to. For many patients, even those given pain medications, their massage is the only intervention that will help to alleviate pain and enhance comfort.”

Lori Akasaka, Oncology LCSW
UCI Health, Irvine Douglas Hospital

Each therapist has a unique professional education history and work-life experience.
 
For some therapists completion of the ICM 101 Fundamentals module will meet the need in helping them operationalize a hospital-based massage infusion center program, others may need to also complete the ICM 102 module and/or spend time working in the supervised infusion center massage Practicum and/or the mentored Internship.
 
We have those programs available for you.

INFUSION CENTER MASSAGE
Therapist Education

The ICM 101 program will help you understand what you need to know to work as a team member in a hospital-based infusion center massage program and provide hand/foot massage for patients while they receive their cancer treatment.

Working in an infusion center setting is a very fulfilling career pathway. It is also an effective gateway to building practice-based patient care hours for therapists who may want to transition into working with inpatient populations.

 

The ICM 101 curriculum includes

  • Infusion center patient treatment protocols
  • Patient experience and side effects
  • Infusion center hand/foot massage protocols
  • Clinical guidelines for hospital-based massage
  • Therapist/RN patient intake questions
  • Therapist/patient intake questions and interaction guidelines
  • Do’s and don’t of working in a HBMT setting
 
Course type: On Demand Webinar
Course credits: 10CEU
Course prerequisite: This course is offered to licensed massage therapists, estheticians and nail technicians who have completed a S4OM approved Foundation course, RN and Nurse Aides, or by permission from the instructor for licensed therapists who have completed non-S4OM oncology curriculum.

Infusion Center Massage 102: Have you completed the ICM 101 program and are you finding it a challenge to “get your foot in the door”? We know what a challenge that can be and have developed the ICM 102 program to help you with exactly that. The goal of the ICM 102 program is to guide you in introducing, setting up, and operationalizing a cancer center or hospital-based Infusion Center Massage program in your local area.

The ICM 102 curriculum includes

  • Navigate gatekeepers
  • Comply with hospital onboarding requirements
  • Develop an outreach plan
  • Write a program proposal
  • Develop funding strategies
  • Provide RN education and clinical staff inservice
  • Collect functional data from RN and patient program surveys
  • Track and report data to support program funding

 

The ICM 102 course is pending approval by the NCBTMB. While it is expected to receive approval, it is not yet officially approved for CE credits.

 
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For questions or more information please email info@greettheday.org
 

ICM Practicum

This Infusion Center Massage Practicum offers a unique experiential learning opportunity for massage therapists and estheticians to enhance their skills and advance their practice in the clinical care setting. This supervised ICM Practicum is a competency and confidence building experience for therapists wanting to provide hand and foot massage for oncology clients receiving treatment at an infusion treatment center and to engage with the clinical teams caring for them.
 
Course prerequisite: ICM 101
Location: Newport Beach, CA
Course schedule: 10am to 2pm, 2-days, March to June and August to October
Required for enrollment: TB negative test completed within the last 12-months. All available COVID vaccinations and boosters and current flu shot required October through March. Physically able to walk and stand for 6-hours or more. Ability to follow instructions. Ability to maintain a therapeutic presence while working in a busy, noisy clinical care environment.

ICM Internship

 

The ICM Internship program is for therapists who would like to specialize in infusion center massage, and those who may be interested in a supervisory or leadership role in bringing massage to integrative patient care services at a cancer center local to them. This mentored internship program will build your patient and clinical staff communication skills and direct patient care experience and hours.

 
Course prerequisite: ICM 101 and 102
Location: Infusion treatment center local to you
Course schedule: 50-hours
Required for enrollment: Health clearance and background screening for hospital on-boarding. Flu shot if onsite between October and March. All available COVID vaccinations and boosters from most recent 9-months. Current flu shot required October through March. Physically able to walk and stand for 6-hours or more. Ability to follow instructions. Ability to maintain a therapeutic presence while working in a busy, noisy, clinical care environment.