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I used to work on a mixed medical onc/heme onc/BMT (inpatient). We have a special pod for the BMT population, and also 2 beds for I-131 administration. Med onc and heme onc are all mixed together on the unit, and depending on bed availability ofc. There was a time when one pod has all med onc but the other pod is all heme onc ? All nurses are trained to care for med onc and heme onc pts, but they can’t care for BMT pts until they have at least one year of onc experience.
AshMac3, BSN
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I work in a Hematology/Medical Day Ambulatory clinic currently and we are building a new Cancer Centre. There had been discussions on cross training our Med Onc and Hem/BMT nurses to work in both areas. Any experiences at other centres with cross training in these areas? Do you have specific pods designated to type of treatments/disease/etc or is it all integrated together? We’re trying to brainstorm what would be best for patient care and staff training.
Thanks