Registered Nurse Oncology

Provides ongoing care (assess, plan, intervention, and evaluation), according to the age specific and developmental needs of the patient. Assesses educational needs and provides teaching and counseling to the patient and their family. Integrates health promotion and preventive aspects of care. Assumes primary responsibility for caseloads consisting of patients in specialty area. Anticipates and recognizes changes in a patient's status and need for care. Determines priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs. Provides on-going assessment of patient's response to services and teaching and applies interventions as appropriate. Updates and revises care plan as needed. Communicates with physicians to confirm, correlate, and update patient's plan of care. Provides status update to physician on a regular basis. Maintains and updates accurate clinical and patient records according to agency, state, and federal guidelines. Provides telephone consultation/triage to patient, family, and/or significant others according to protocol and medical group guidelines. Participates in community education programs and continuous quality improvement activities. Assists in development and implementation of staff orientation and educational activities. Follows published agency policies and procedures and regularly monitors changes or additions to them. Continually strives to advance knowledge and practice of clinical skills in specialty area including certification as warranted. Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.