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What is it like being an Oncology nurse?

Do you have to be an oncology nurse to have to work with children with cancer?

  • my sister passed away from ewings sarcoma july 30 2009. I spent the past 4 years before she died in hospitals and i know i want to be a nurse working in the pediatric cancer wing. I might be wrong but i think only a oncology nurse can work with the chemo therapy but can just a pediatric nurse work with pediatric cancer patients as well? what does it take to be a pediatric nurse working with young cancer patients? i need more information please:)

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    There are a variety of nurses that might work with pediatric cancer - different types of nurses fill different roles. One nurse experienced with oncology might supervise RNs and LPNs that perform functions other than administering chemotherapy. Nurses usually get certified in specialties after they get their nursing degree and have already been on the job. Sometimes hospitals pay for these certifications. Most certification programs require professional experience in the specialty area. It is seldom practical to get the necessary experience without already working as a nurse, but a nursing student can take all the necessary classes for certification while they are working on their nursing degree, and then get the clinical experience after they graduate. Its also relatively easy for a licensed nurse to get certification in oncology, pediatrics or both by taking a few extra classes after they start working, provided there is a nursing school nearby.

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At my hospital, all of the inpatient pediatric nurses become "chemo certified." They take classes regularly to keep up to date so that they are able to administer chemotherapy. A new nurse on our floor is not able to care for a patient on chemo until she or he passes the class and becomes chemo certified. The outpatient pediatric oncology nurse practitioners run the classes.

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