Erika Angel

• Experience with admissions and ICU transfers for chemotherapy, antibiotic administration and symptom management
• Providing professional nursing care for patients following established standards and practices
• Educating patients and families on new oncology diagnosis information
• Symptom management for complications following chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants
• Assisting with transition from PowerChart to Epic

Inpatient Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT

• Specialize in the nursing care of patients receiving bone marrow transplants
• Perform and monitor infusions of stem cells (autologous, allogenic, haplo, t cell depleted)
• Administration of chemotherapy, biotherapy, CAR-T cells
• Assessment and evaluation of post transplant complications including mucositis, GVHD, VOD, TMA
• Assist apheresis team in stem cell collection- managing apheresis line, monitoring patient status including labs and vitals, managing calcium and electrolyte repletion
• Precept new graduate nurses for their three month programs- providing education, guidance and support

Rady Children's Hospital- Inpatient Hematology/Oncology

• Experience with direct admissions for fever and neutropenia, urgent blood product administration and chemotherapy
• Preparing patients and their families for bone marrow aspirations/lumbar punctures and other procedures such as port/hickman placements
• Review patient roadmaps, treatment plans and research protocols for each individual patient
• Administer prophylactic, induction, maintenance and consolidation treatments for oncology patients
• Provide new diagnosis education regarding fevers, blood counts, infection prevention
• Interventions for complications following chemotherapy

Children's Mercy Hospital- Outpatient neurology Clinic (3 Month Contract-March 2017-June 2017)

• Assisted with acupuncture and Botox treatments for children with movement disorders and migraines
• Triaged incoming calls and answered nursing questions for parents during times of illness
• Programmed and adjusted vagal nerve stimulators

• Maintained peripheral IVs, provided port access/maintenance, CVL/PICC care and dressing changes
• Administered oral, IM and intravenous chemotherapy and monitoring following treatment
• Provided care and therapeutic support for children and their families during diagnosis and treatment
• Charge nurse experience with directing admissions, discharges, staffing, and solving problems on the floor
• Assist with transition from Lifechart to Epic