Best Practices

Oncology nurses in the University of Miami Health System were able to significantly increase efficiency, reduce waiting time, and treat more patients each day in their outpatient oncology infusion suite by revamping scheduling and using a master template. They described their success at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 20th Annual Conference, held recently in Hollywood, Florida. Read More ›

On the front lines of the war on cancer, nurses are often the field commanders—in charge of safely navigating patients through treacherous terrain as well as delivering medical treatment that should provide maximal health benefits and minimize adverse effects. Read More ›

Many experienced oncology nurses who are retiring or approaching retirement possess knowledge about oncology patient care that comes from years of experience. Read More ›

In the Nurses’ Health Study 2 (NHS2), it was found that nurses who had “ever” worked rotating night shifts had a 20% increased risk of sleeping fewer than 7 hours per night on average, compared with 0 nurses who had “never” worked night shifts. Read More ›

Even though oncology nurses are charged with improving patients’ cancer-related and treatment-related symptoms, there is much room for improvement, according to Susan C. McMillan, PhD, ARNP, FAAN. McMillan received the Distinguished Nurse Researcher Award at the Oncology Nursing Society 39th Annual Congress and gave a presentation about symptom management in oncology nursing. Read More ›

With Ebola virus in the news, infection is a hot topic. At the recent National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) 9th Annual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies, Laura Zitella, MS, RN, ACNP-BC, AOCN, updated attendees on how to prevent and treat cancer-related infections.¹ Zitella is with the Stanford Cancer Institute in Stanford, California. Read More ›

In this month’s issue of The Oncology Nurse-APN/PA (TON), we continue our coverage of the news from the recent Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) 39th Annual Congress and the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Read More ›

With little information in the literature, oncology professionals may feel insecure about the use of chemotherapy in a pregnant patient. Read More ›

Patients with terminal hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) may be a poorly understood group, according to the findings of quality-of-life research conducted by Lissi Hansen, PhD, RN, of Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, whose special interests are end-of-life issues and ethics. Read More ›

Clinicians want to provide excellent patient care without having to appraise every new study in their field, but producing the “authoritative, instructive resource for most clinical scenarios” is not as straightforward as it would seem, according to David Garcia, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. Read More ›