Nurse - Paediatric Hematology and oncology (CWB)

Overview

No. of Beds: 20

• Medication administration including chemotherapy administration and management
• Central venous lines (Infuseport, Hickman line, temporary CVC line and PICC line) and peripheral intravenous line management
• Supportive treatments such as administration of antibiotic, IV fluids and other medication
• Nutritional support like TPN, enteral feeding, weight monitoring and dietary instruction
• Prepare patient for procedures including bone marrow aspiration with biopsy, lumbar puncture, CT Scan, echocardiography, MRI, PET scan, MIBG, And intrathecal (IT)
• Patient assessment and evaluation including narcotic infusion (with exclusion of PCA)
• Provides care for patients undergoing procedure under conscious sedation
• Hemodynamic monitoring
• Oxygen therapy and pulse oximetry
• Provides emotional and psychological support
• Provides care to post radiation therapy patients
• Infectious disease management and follows isolation policies
• Starts the pre BMT work up
• Provides patient and family education
• RRT/ Code Blue Team coverage
• Mucositis assessment and management
• Management of myelo-suppression
• Meta-Iodo-Benzyl-Guanidine (MIBG)
• Pre and post-operative care
• Point of Care Testing Glucose and urinalysis
• Tracheostomy care
• Commonly treated oncology/hematology disorders include:
• Osteosarcomas
• Ewing s sarcoma/PNET
• Neuroblastoma
• Medulloblastoma / CNS tumors
• Brain tumors
• Germ cell tumor
• Wilm s tumor
• Rhabdomyosarcoma
• Retinoblastoma
• Commonly treated oncology disorders include:
• Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• Acute myelogenous leukemia
• Aplastic anemia
• Sickle cell anemia
• Langerhan s cell histiocytosis
• Non-Hodgkin s lymphoma
• Hodgkin s lymphoma
• Burkitt s lymphoma
• Hematologic disorders