• Work primarily in hospitals to provide and supervise care for cancer patients who are chronically or critically ill. 
• Coordinates care with other cancer care providers and team members.
• Provides expertise about oncology to colleagues, allied health professionals and health care consumers.
• Evaluates and applies research findings that affect cancer care or nursing. 
• Also work in home health, managed care organizations, nursing schools, outpatient surgery centers, clinics. 

Education/Training

• Must be a registered nurse with a cancer-specific knowledge and clinical expertise in cancer care beyond that required in a basic nursing program.
• Advanced oncology nursing practice requires a minimum of a master’s degree.
• May become certified as an oncology certified nurse (OCN), advanced oncology certified nurse (AOCN) or certified pediatric oncology nurse (CPON).

Salary

• Begins at $35,000

•  Advanced practice nurses range from $60,000 to $125,000

More Information

• Oncology Nursing Society
  501 Holiday Drive
  Pittsburgh, PA 15220
  412-921-6565
  www.ons.org  

• www.discovernursing.com
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