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I am starting on a chemo unit and I'm really confused on what labs are important for the various types of chemos. There are some that i have identified that go with certain ones but honestly, don't always understand the rationale behind it. I use the ONS chemo book and for many chemo it identifies certain labs but this is not true for every single one i give. generally i look at the cbc and chemistry and make sure everything is okay, but what throws me off is when other nurses start infusion when only the cbc is back, or only the chemistry is back, vice versa. When I ask them they say "oh we don't need the cbc on this drug", or we don't hold for chemistries on this one". Can someone help me understand why some things are important and others aren't, or if there are guidelines i should follow?

I just recently got accepted to the msn/FNP program at western and am having a hard time deciding whether to accept. Its an online program with seminar weekends and I'm hearing now that we have to find our own preceptors even though the school says its set up for us. Does anyone know anything about this program in California? My concern is that I won't be as prepared as other NP grads will be when I graduate. I also am wrestling with the fact that if I don't go, then I'll have to wait another year to apply to other schools. I'm just very confused at this point because I don't know if its a substantial enough of a program to prepare me.