E.Renez

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 patients themselves during my clinical rotations, whether it is related to their disease process, emotions, patient care, or about life in general. I really enjoy learning from them. What are some important things you have learned from your patients?

Is there more than just the fact that substance abuse can happen to anyone and the fact that it can affect someone's life so much?

Ah, I see. So beta blockers in general are more of a standard.

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 well!

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 patients?

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 treatment.

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 HF?

Really? That is interesting there's not really a difference. Thank you so much for this information. I will do my best to get the job! :-)

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 difference is between the level of practice between a nurse who has taken an ONS chemotherapy class and an OCN.

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 to becoming an OCN, allowing you the responsibility to administer chemo?

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? Online resources have not been consistent. Thanks so much in advance! :-)