Oncology Nursing Programs?

I suggest you read the Oncology Nursing Society's on Line Web Site:http://www.ons.org/xp6/ONS/Login/Splash.xml

They can tell you the Closest place for You to take Their Introductory 16 Hour Course. Find an introductory Course For Chemotherapy.

Good Luck in your pursuit,

Barbara

Hi Barbara,

Thank you for your help. I will ck it

Originally posted by BarbPick

I suggest you read the Oncology Nursing Society's on Line Web Site:http://www.ons.org/xp6/ONS/Login/Splash.xml

They can tell you the Closest place for You to take Their Introductory 16 Hour Course. Find an introductory Course For Chemotherapy.

Good Luck in your pursuit,

Barbara

I was needing someone to give me advice on becoming a oncologly nurse. I want to be an ostomy nurse and I was told that it is called a oncology nurse. I took care of my daughter who had FAP which she wore a illeostomy and I took care of her. My whole family had it. I am going to take a nurses aide class to become cetified. How long does it take to be a oncology nurse and how much $$$ am I looking at. I want to try nurses aide first. Does anyone have any suggestions???

Oncology nurses are not nurses who take care of ostomies, they are called entastomal therapists. They do wound care and ostomies.

Someone misinformed you. Oncology nurses take care of patients with cancer and when there is a problem with an ostomy.

check out this link

http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/departments/surgery/divisions/colorectal/clinical/patient_guide/ileopouch/stoma.html

Thanks fot the info. How long does it take to become this.

Originally posted by nurselaura

Thanks fot the info. How long does it take to become this. [/quote

How would I know? Why would I know, I am an Oncology nurse!

I take care of Cancer Patents and their family. It just dawned upon me, I bet you are not a nurse or you would have known this.

Originally posted by BarbPick

Oncology nurses are not nurses who take care of ostomies, they are called entastomal therapists. They do wound care and ostomies.

Someone misinformed you. Oncology nurses take care of patients with cancer and when there is a problem with an ostomy.

check out this link

http://www.usc.edu/schools/medicine/departments/surgery/divisions/colorectal/clinical/patient_guide/ileopouch/stoma.html

It may have been your last sentence that gave this poster the idea you would know more.

Originally posted by nurselaura

Thanks fot the info. How long does it take to become this.

This is for Barbpick that gave me the info about the oncology nursing. No I am not a nurse yet. I am starting nursing aide next week and I want to later become an ostomy nurse. So you do not have to be so rude about it. I was just wanting to know how long it took to become this so I could look at a time frame. I thought you would know. I hope you are not his rude with your patients. My daughter had cancer and I took care of her and this is what I decided I want to do. Help people like this.

It takes 3-4 years to become an RN. You generally must work for several years in the specialty before becoming certified in most specialties. Some specialties require a Bachelor's degree (4 year degree) for certification. That particular specialty, I believe, requires outside classes, after you get your RN. I am not sure but the added initials are WOCN (wound and ostomy care nurse - as they also take care of wounds and decubiti).

For more accurate info, please post in the Wound and ostomy care forum (I believe that we have one of those) and retitle the header. The nurses there know more about this, but they will probably not look in here because the header has Oncology instead of ostomy in it.

I see you're in NY- Try Sloan Kettering, or the North-Shore LIJ health system (on Long Island). Look on either of their websites, or the local bi-weekly magazines, in the Nursing Education section. They both periodically offer the ONS cancer classes. The review for certification (OCN) is a good overview, even if your not taking the exam. I took this as part of my orientation class whan I first started hem/onc.