It is also true that some people in this experience really changes their lives. Some people come in feeling good and were never sick a day in their life. This makes them not take life for granted. They smell the roses. Sometimes it makes a big difference.
Patients have to go back to the same environment they came from.
Most BMT nurses are ACLS trained, we can handle emergency codes, and ICU material and chemo training. BMT nurses can go to most any unit in the hospital and do well from oncology to ICU to Trauma. There is a wide diversity of expertise and experience that is brought into the program. Some BMT nurses have worked here over 10 years. They have seen many bone marrow patients.