BMT nursing questions

[danceyrun]

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place, so hopefully it will be seen! I am a senior nursing student and have been blessed with an externship this summer on a bone marrow transplant floor of a large university/cancer hospital and have a few questions. First of all I am SO STOKED and cannot WAIT to learn. What is the nurse to pt ratio like on a BMT unit? Is it considered critical care? What are the most common dx you see (I know this may be a dumb question, but we spent maybe 30 minutes tops in my program about bone marrow transplants- I'm assuming leukemias are most common?) What are the most common meds seen? How long does the transplant process take?

THank you in advance for replying. If anybody else has any words of wisdom or advice on how a hungry, hungry student should prepare please add!!

[sergel02, BSN]

As someone who will start on a mixed hematology, oncology and bmt floor soon this is all very exciting. Seems like there is a lot to do an learn. My hospital as a peds oncology floor but no BMT for them so I'm assuming they go to the adult floor.