nora wrote << I know nothing about breast cancer patients and want to learn
more about
what you think and what to do as a nurse.

Hi Nora, welcome.  I applaud you for going into this very much needed
profession.  My mom was an R.N.  One experience I had with r.n.'s was that
there weren't enough of them.  The trained r.n.'s have been wonderful.  They
are the ones who are called to draw blood when the tech's can't do it on those
of us whose veins have changed from chemo.  Another problem I had was when I
wasn't being treated by an r.n.--i.e. when my drains were being 'milked.'
Before my mastectomy I was actually trained how to do it by a nurse--routine
procedure.  However, they had nurses although mostly lvn's come in and do it.
One that I had was afraid to do it correctly.  So, my best thoughts are with
you--if you are going to be an oncologist nurse--being here and in other groups
where patients post is one of the best ways to get a different kind of
'hands-on' education that will be invaluable to you in broadening your
knowledge of dealing with patients.  Wishing you all the best!