SENIOR TRAINING FELLOWSHIP (STF) 1. NAME : Mrs. N. Menaka Raghuraman 2. DEPARTMENT : COLLEGE OF NURSING CHILD HEALTH NURSING DEPARTMENT 3. YEAR OF STF : 2014 4. OBJECTIVES STATED IN THE APPLICATION FOR STF: � To observe the physical set up of the pediatric oncology unit i.e. inpatient and outpatient services, bone marrow transplant unit. � To observe the services and best practices by pediatric oncology unit nurses. � To learn the policies, protocols and the standards for providing nursing care to children with cancer. � To learn the specific skills required for a pediatric oncology nurse in relation to assessment, chemotherapy administration, care of central venous access, supportive care, emergency management, counseling, palliative care and end of life care. � To learn the trends and other innovative approaches used in the pediatric oncology unit. � To observe the in service and educational programme conducted for the nurses in the pediatric oncology unit.
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SENIOR TRAINING FELLOWSHIP (STF)
1. NAME : Mrs. N. Menaka Raghuraman
2. DEPARTMENT : COLLEGE OF NURSING
CHILD HEALTH NURSING DEPARTMENT
3. YEAR OF STF : 2014
4. OBJECTIVES STATED IN THE APPLICATION FOR STF:
� To observe the physical set up of the pediatric oncology unit i.e.
inpatient and outpatient services, bone marrow transplant unit.
� To observe the services and best practices by pediatric oncology unit
nurses.
� To learn the policies, protocols and the standards for providing
nursing care to children with cancer.
� To learn the specific skills required for a pediatric oncology nurse in
relation to assessment, chemotherapy administration, care of central
venous access, supportive care, emergency management, counseling,
palliative care and end of life care.
� To learn the trends and other innovative approaches used in the
pediatric oncology unit.
� To observe the in service and educational programme conducted for
the nurses in the pediatric oncology unit.
5. CENTER VISITED FOR STF: Royal Children’s Hospital
Brisbane, Queensland.
MENTOR: Ms. Rachel Edwards
Nurse educator, Pediatric oncology
6. SHORT DESCRIPTION OF TRAINING:
INTRODUCTION
Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) at Brisbane is a 168 bed multi-specialty
tertiary referral and teaching hospital for the State of Queensland.
PHYSICAL SET UP
The pediatric oncology unit houses two different wards - Banksia ward with
14 beds, Turner ward with 10 beds and a day care unit .The bone marrow
transplant unit which is attached to the Banksia ward has 3 beds. The unique
feature is that all the above patient care areas are considered as immune
compromised patient care areas and are restricted for entry of general public.
Children having infections or known to have had contacts with infected family
members are isolated appropriately from the non-infectious children.
The patient care area is child and family friendly, with well equipped play
room and parent lounges. The walls are decorated with beautiful paintings.
Relevant printed texts and pictures with information related to care of children
with cancer are displayed for staff (E.g. hand washing, safe handling of cytotoxic
agents, central venous access device management bundle etc...)
TEAM MEMBERS OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY UNIT:
MEDICAL:
Medical director for pediatric oncology/hematology is the head of the unit.
The team of doctors functioning in the unit includes senior specialist (consultant),
Fellows (preparing to become senior specialist), registrars and resident doctors.
NURSING:
The executive nursing director is the head of the nursing services in the
hospital. The nursing directors in charge for pediatric oncology/hematology units
directly report to the executive nursing director. A team of nurses including nurse