Part of a nurse's role is to educate patients about their medications, diseases, disease-management, etc. However, in turn, patients can teach us a lot as well. Oftentimes, I learn a lot from the...
Thank you for sharing. It is interesting that the NPs are involved with that at your facility. So I guess like other diseases, there's standards of care for HF as well. Thanks for the links as
I will look that up. Thanks. Does your facility use Coreg as part of the standard of treatment if it is one of those drugs that improves mortality rates in the HF
I understand what Coreg is and what it does, but I was curious to know if most patients with HF receive this drug in the hospital as part of a standard
I was just curious, since the two cardiac units I've had clinical in seem to use Coreg for many patients with HF. Do your facilities have different standards for all patients with
Great! That was just the site I needed to see the requirements. It appears that an OCN would have more of a specialized practice and more autonomy. Is that correct? I guess now I am confused what the...
Thank you for your helpful response. For some reason, I was thinking all of the oncology nurses needed some sort of certification. Is acquiring the chemotherapy and bio-therapy card a pre-requisite...
Hello! I am currently in nursing school considering a career path as an oncology nurse. What steps would I need to take and what certifications would I need in order to be in this specialty area?...