[JoAnne2005]

I am about to start my first working job in Oncology.
Can someone recommend specific Onc nursing reference books that I can read to develop knowledge and skills more quickly.
THanks

[Nitengale326]

YOur best souces would be to go to ONS.ORG and look their library. We use one of their books to chemo certify our staff. Another that everyone here really likes is Oncolosy Nursing Drugh Handbook by Gail M. Wilkes and Margaret Barton-Burke ISBN number... 0-7637-3923-5.
We are really lucky here...our unit is about a year old now but we were able to get a nurse that has worked in Onc for about 20 years. She is extremely knowledgeable and a wonderful mentor.
If you have access to someone like that, find out what they use as reference material. This will cut out a lot of the crap out there.

wanda