A master’s level oncology specialization program prepares nurses with the clinical, cultural sensitivity, and research skills they will need to deal with issues impacting underrepresented minorities.
ORLANDO—Computed tomography (CT) scanning and blood tests to determine tumor markers are very important in the follow-up of stage I nonseminomatous testicular cancer (NSTC), but the physical examination is of limited value, according to new research presented in a poster session.
ORLANDO—Most nurses who care for patients with cancer are at risk for compassion fatigue and burnout and may leave the profession as a result, according to a new survey.
ORLANDO—Nurse practitioners are in an ideal position to assess whether nonurgent emergency department patients are undergoing recommended mammography for breast cancer screening, a new study has found.
“Even though they know that breast cancer is a serious disease, many women are still not being screened with mammography,” said Karen Paraska, CRNP, PhD, assistant professor of nursing at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during her poster presentation.
ORLANDO—A pilot program that instituted some small changes, including use of chlorhexadine scrubs the evening before surgery and then again 12 hours later on the morning of surgery, was able to reduce surgical site infections in one Ohio cancer center by almost 20% after 12 months.
ORLANDO—Breakthrough pain in cancer patients can be managed easily and effectively with fentanyl pectin nasal spray, according to new data.
Minocycline, given before the start of treatment with cetuximab and chemoradiotherapy, plus topical pimecrolimus as needed, can reduce the severity of cetuximab-induced skin toxicity in patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to researchers from The Netherlands.
ORLANDO—Women who are on intravenous (IV) chemotherapy regimens for recurrent ovarian carcinoma are at risk for nonadherence or nonpersistence with their treatment. But telephone support by an advanced practice nurse (APN) can lower this risk and even boost compliance, a new, nonrandomized study suggests.
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