I
should add that in talking with the patients, the nurses sometimes find
that pts really don't understand about their chemo (which the
nurses can sometimes explain) or that they are reluctant. If the
nurse cannot answer patients questions (pt ed) or if patient is reluctant, the
med onc is called before anything is administered to let the Patient talk with
him/her.
Donna Fritz, MN, RN,
OCN
Oncology/Pain Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cancer Center
St. Mary-Corwin
Medical Center
719.560-5215
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Subject: Consent for chemotherapy administration
A question for my fellow oncology nurses.........do you obtain a separate written informed consent prior to the administration of Chemotherapeutic and Biologic agents on in-patients? Or, is it considered to be included in the standard consent the patient signs at admission? Thanks in advance for your responses.
Lisa Kasten
Lisa Kasten RN, MSN, CNA, BC
Nurse Manager Med/Onc
Memorial Hospital
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