oncRN

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1. HELP need competency check off list

   oncRN replied to dka's topic in Management

   I have managed both inpt and outpt oncology areas...the inpt was pretty much set by the hospital aside from what I felt the nurses needed in the way of oncology knowledge and chemotherapy administration... on the outpt side, JCAHO standards also had ...

2. Creating a Newsletter

   oncRN replied to watbren's topic in Ambulatory

   I hope to be implementing a newsletter in Feb of 2001. Want to offer 6issues per year. This will be a marketing tool for our cancer center. I will receiving input from oncology, hematology, radiation, social workers, dietician, nursing and pharmacy...

3. morale

   oncRN posted a topic in Management

   After working in one health system for many years, recently chose to move to another because I needed a change but wanted to remain in my specialty of oncology. Where I left, my staff on both campuses worked so well together, no backstabbing, etc......

4. HOW TO BECOME A CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST

   oncRN replied to egmillard's topic in General Nursing

   I,too, am going to start grad. work toward CNS in the field of oncology. Wanted to do it for many years, and clin specs. were slowly be faded out and replaced with NPs. I can see this role being multifaceted and a tremendous asset to a specialty. O...

5. Leading/Managing

   oncRN replied to jlwalker's topic in Management

   this has come up three times in my 15yr career. the first time, I had only been in nursing about two years, became the clinical leader on an inpatient unit...wide variety of personalities...some supportive, many jealous. Many clicks. wish I had so...

6. Need Help for Leadership

   oncRN replied to Smitty's topic in Management

   Having been through one merger and in the midst of another, one of the toughest things a manager needs to do is justify cutbacks to her staff. Be there. Observe the needs of the staff. Be sincerely interested and empathetic to their concerns. Do ...