Kelly NURS 2300 Exploring Nursing Assignment PDF

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N2300 Introduction to Professional Nursing

Exploring Nursing Assignment Name:

Kelly Cardell-Boyd

Date:

09/28/2020

Overview The purpose of this homework is to explore one area of nursing- researching the role, requirements, opportunities, and associations with a specific role or specialty. Please be sure to answer all of the questions as outlined below in order to receive full credit. The grey boxes will expand as you type. Rubric Make sure to use the assignment rubric to guide your work. Instructions o Choose a nursing specialty (e.g. oncology, pediatrics, psychiatric) or a role (e.g. school nurse, nurse manager, nurse entrepreneur, nurse faculty). o Research the working role and occupational outlook for your selected nursing specialty or role. *Make note of what websites you are using, as you will need to provide them below. o Answer the following questions about this role. You may use list form or bullet points if applicable. A word about plagiarism: When you submit homework to an instructor, you are saying, “Unless I have noted otherwise with a citation, this is my own original work; these are my own words and my own original ideas.” Reading information online, understanding it, interpreting it, and summarizing in your own words is part of the work of learning. Using someone else’s words is like saying “I did this work” when you really didn’t. Do not copy and paste information from the internet for this assignment.

1. What specialty or role did you choose? Oncology Nurse 2.

What are the educational requirements? You do not have to include basic training like CPR, but include all degree requirements, license requirements, and any other specialized training required.

To be an Oncology Nurse you must get your ADN, but to get a competitive pay you would need to get your BSN then get your license as a Registered Nurse. Then you would have to volunteer and get certified as an Oncology Nurse.

N2300 Introduction to Professional Nursing

3. Describe available certifications specific to that specialty. Include the name of the certification, eligibility requirements, and how the certification is earned. After that you can take some online courses offered by Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC). You would have to get certified with the OCN. Just to take this exam you would have to do 1000 hours of adult oncology nursing before you can take the test. You would also have to do 10 contact hours of education about oncology. Then you can get Certified. You would have to renew your certification every four year. 4. What does a nurse do in this role? You may include some general nursing roles, but you should include a minimum of 3 things that are SPECIFIC TO THAT SPECIALTY. An Oncology Nurse works with patient who have or in danger for getting cancer. They work closely a lot of healthcare workers to help provide care for their patients they work as a team to plan for cancer patients. They must be strong, compassion, have a lot of patience and empathy for their patients.

5. Describe possible locations/settings where this nurse can work. Oncology Nurses can work in clinics that specializes in detecting and treating cancer patients. They can work in hospitals wards, where they provide around the clock care for cancer patients. They can work in transplant units, where cancer patients get second chances by people donating bone morrow and other body organs.

6. Identify the professional nursing organization that represents this specialty in the United States. Some specialties have more than one associated professional organization. Please choose one to list here, along with their mission or vision statement. One of the professional organizations that represents Oncology Nursing is ASPO, American Society of Preventive Oncology and Their vision statement is ASPO is the organization for accelerating progress towards cancer prevention and control. Their mission statement: To foster the continuing development of investigators and other professionals involved in cancer prevention and control, and the exchange and translation of scientific information to reduce the cancer burden.

7. What websites did you use to find your information? Please include both the name of the website as well as the url address. You may simply list them below.

N2300 Introduction to Professional Nursing

Johnson & johnson nursing https://nursing.jnj.com/specialty/oncology-nurse , American Society of Preventive Oncology https://aspo.org/ How to become an Oncology Nurse www. her z i ng. edu/ become/ oncol ogy nur se,...