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Blood and Marrow Transplant Nurses are Specialty Trained
The complex needs of patients in the Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program at Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin demand rigorous standards. Special training and extended orientation for nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses help ensure the highest quality of care for blood and marrow transplant patients.
“Outside of the Intensive Care Unit, blood and marrow transplant patients are probably the sickest and most medically complex patient population cared for in the hospital,” said Christopher Bredeson, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin hematologist and director of the Hematologic Malignancies Program.
This year, through a donation to Froedtert Hospital Foundation in honor of Kathryn Doerr, several BMT nurses will attend the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) national conference and participate in a chemotherapy course for trainers. That course will allow them to conduct in-house chemotherapy and biotherapy training, spreading the knowledge hospital-wide.
The BMT Program already conducts extensive training. “This course will allow us to incorporate the ONS national standards and guidelines,” said Becky Martin, BSN, RN, a certified oncology nurse and staff nurse educator for the BMT, Hematology and Oncology Programs. “It’s an evidence-based, very comprehensive course.”
The BMT Program, which uses blood or bone marrow stem cells to treat cancer or other diseases, performs more blood and marrow transplants per year than at any other hospital in Wisconsin. It’s the only program in southeastern Wisconsin that provides the full range of blood and marrow transplant procedures. To make an appointment or for more information, call 414-805-0505 or 866-680-0505.
Source: Froedtert Today Date: January 2011 |