title: Essential oncology facts for the float nurse.
abstract: Hospitals are faced with the challenge of staffing oncology units with nurses who do not routinely work with cancer patients. The Essential Oncology Facts Guide can be used to provide critical information that is specific to each oncology unit and to care of the cancer patient.
authors.affiliation: New Mexico State University, Memorial Medical Center Oncology Unit, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
authors.forename: Teresa G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Leon
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pase
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology; D007177:Inappropriate ADH Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000209:etiology; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D010174:Pamphlets; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D013664:Teaching Materials; D015275:Tumor Lysis Syndrome / Q000209:etiology