Guide Questions for Onco Nurse

Guide Questions:

1. How would you compare the bedside care of an onco nurse with that of the other unit or
general unit?
2. Would you say that being an onco nurse is difficult than being a general unit nurse?
3. Are there special procedures done only by onco nurses? If there is, what is it and how is it
done?
4. What are the characteristics an onco nurse must have?
5. What are the skills and knowledge an onco nurse must have?
6. Are there certification or special trainings required to be an onco nurse?
7. What are the health hazards encountered by an onco nurse?
8. What are the ways to prevent or lessen those hazards?
9. Are those preventive measures practiced in the hospital you are working? If yes, can you
explain how it is done?
10. Who prepare chemo drugs? How is it given? Are there protocols in giving chemo drugs specific
to the hospital that you are working?
11. What are the common barriers in preventing health hazards?
12. What are the newest trend on cancer management?
13. What would be the onco nurses' role and involvement in this new trend of management?
14. Is this applied to the hospital you are working? If yes, how does it affect nursing care?
15. What can you say or advice to the future generation of nurses?