Topic Significance & Study Purpose/Background/Rationale To support our mission and provide our patients competent and professional care, we realized that we have to provide our nurses and support staff with comprehensive education. With increasing complexity of care, rapid development of immunotherapies and cellular therapies, and a significantly growing transplant program, it is imperative for not only BMT staff, but also staff from other BMT ancillary services, to have the knowledge and skills to successfully care for this patient population. Methods, Intervention, & Analysis A comprehensive BMT Nursing Symposium with interactive audio-visual presentation and question & answer session was developed by the BMT program. The day-long symposium covered a wide variety of topics including overviews of autologous and allogeneic transplants, as well as post-transplant complications including graft versus host disease, febrile neutropenia, CMV reactivation, and veno-occlusive disease. Additional topics regarding support services included nutrition, social work, stem cell collection and processing, and histocompatibility testing. All topics are presented by experts in the field including BMT physicians, pharmacists, and nurse practitioners. The symposium also included a portion on nursing care of the BMT patient. Two identical sessions of the symposium were offered in order to accommodate all staff's schedules while still allowing coverage off the inpatient and outpatient areas. All BMT nursing staff including inpatient, outpatient, and infusion areas are required to attend. The symposium is also offered to nursing staff in the Intensive Care Unit's (ICU) and Emergency Department's (ED) as these departments treat BMT patients. A seven hour Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credit was offered to the participants. Findings & Interpretation The BMT team recently held the third annual BMT Nursing Symposium. Attendance at the symposium has increased each year with the most recent symposium reaching 80 attendees, a 25% increase from year one. After the symposium, surveys are distributed to determine how effective the presentations were. Overall, the symposium receives positive reviews. Staff also has the opportunity to suggest new topics for future years. Discussion & Implications Nurses have a great impact on the quality of care bone marrow transplant patients receive. By standardizing education for our staff, we hope to give our new hires a solid foundation, while at the same time reaffirming the foundation in our seasoned employees. Patients also interact with our support staff, so it is important for us to educate our entire multidisciplinary team so the patient can have uniform and consistent care throughout the whole treatment process. In the next few years, we hope to cover additional topics including cellular therapy. Also, if needed, we would like to explore the idea of having two tracks for the symposium – one for new employees and one for more experienced employees. Institutions should consider implementing a similar symposium to standardize staff education on the complexities of treating the BMT patient.