I complete the FMLA/disability paperwork for rad onc and med onc patients. We don't have a cheat sheet but these are some guidelines: If the patient is both a med onc and rad onc patient, we suggest med onc takes the responsibility since they tend ...
If anyone received or has a "cheat sheet" could someone post it or email it to me. We continue to struggle filling these out, and patients are expecting them 'over night' so we've had to institute a time frame for completion. ------------------------------ ...
I too have run into this situation in the last several years. In my experience, it depends on the med/onc preference, some will use pegfilgrastim oncurrently with RT as needed, others prefer to delay chemo, and if necessary we will hold RT when ANC is ...
At our entity platelets can be administered via gravity, preferred practice, but some nurses are unfamiliar with the set-up and via infusion is another option. It will be not be too slow if the tubing is properly pre-primed with 0.9% NaCl AND the IV pole ...
Hi Patty I'm not surprised that you haven't found anything on this topic, as I didn't find anything when researching my chapter in the ONS Oncologic Emergencies book. While this would be a interesting topic for nursing research, it would be challenging ...
Hi Our version of EPIC Beacon Oncology prompts for the 2nd RN signature directly from the MAR. This if course is separate from the pre-administration check which is done on the Pre-Chemo Flowsheet. We had a similar system when we used Cerner (minus the ...
Did my recert submission of ILNA points January 2021. You get an email when ILNA points is being reviewed: you will get ILNA accepted- -Best news ever! time frame about 5 weeks. I got a got a big envelope with new badge, new card & new Cert document ...
We are updating our policy on therapeutic phlebotomies (both inpatient and outpatient). I was wondering if anybody would be willing to share their hospital policy on this subject matter. Thank you in advance. Dawn Papeika, RN, BSN , OCN Sent from the ...