| Blood and Marrow Transplant Service | |
| | Specialty nursing care for adult patients of all acuity levels, including critical care, on the Blood and Marrow Transplant Service. |
Patient Population | - Adults with hematologic malignancies receiving allogeneic and autologous hematopoetic stem cell transplants and other novel therapies
- Adults with leukemias, lymphomas, Hodgkin’s disease and multiple myeloma
- Patients from any oncology service who become critically ill and are treated with ventilators, CVVHD, Swan Ganz catheters and/or vasopressors as required
- Average length of stay: 11 days
| | Number of Beds | | | Nurse/Patient Ratio | | | Rotation/Shifts | - All 12-hour shifts; flexible scheduling based on unit-specific guidelines and a self-scheduling model
| | Skill Mix | - 88 percent RN; 85 percent BSN; 7 percent MSN
- Required competencies: provision of chemotherapy, blood and TPN administration skills, care of multiple types of infusion catheters, critical care and symptom management of high-dose therapy such as GVHD, VOD, pulmonary and cardiac toxicity
| | Orientation | - Orientation period extends over the first year including:
- 10 to 12 week program including oncology and BMT classes and precepted time with experienced RN staff
- At 6 months to 1 year: critical care
- At 9 months to 1 year: [IPOP clinic] (link to IPOP description)
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- New Grads: SPRING program
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