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    Zoom Through Video Job Interviews With These Tips for Applicants and Hiring Managers
    nursing professional development
    Zoom Through Video Job Interviews With These Tips for Applicants and Hiring Managers
    January 22, 2021
    The Case of Concurrent Therapy Concerns
    Treatment side effects
    The Case of Concurrent Therapy Concerns
    December 18, 2020
    In a World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind
    Nurse staffing
    In a World Where You Can Be Anything, Be Kind
    December 11, 2020
    Nursing Innovation Links Rural Facilities to Resources and Experts to Provide High-Quality Care Across the Country
    Access to cancer care
    Nursing Innovation Links Rural Facilities to Resources and Experts to Provide High-Quality Care Across the Country
    December 04, 2020
    Why All Oncology Nurses Should Be Environmentalists
    Oncology nurse influence
    Why All Oncology Nurses Should Be Environmentalists
    November 27, 2020
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    Patient Support

    Always Search for Ways to Connect With Patients
    Oncology nurse-patient relationship

    Always Search for Ways to Connect With Patients

    While working in a palliative care clinic, I developed a connection with one of my patients through an unexpected medium: word search puzzles. She was doing one the first time I entered her exam room, so I introduced myself and asked if it was a difficult one.  

    September 18, 2020
    Not All Barriers to Care Are Created Equal
    Cancer health disparities

    Not All Barriers to Care Are Created Equal

    Every patient deserves equal access to health care. Yet 68% of patients have at least one social determinant of health that serves as a barrier to care.

    August 04, 2020
    Digital Sherpas Enhance Nursing Care, Patient Quality of Life
    Patient Support

    Digital Sherpas Enhance Nursing Care, Patient Quality of Life

    Technology is great when you get it. But when you don’t, it can be a real burden, and an extra burden is the last thing a patient with cancer needs. Fortunately, at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, we’ve found a program that not only helps our nurses and our patients with technology, but it also brings our older patient population together with the positive energy of younger members. 

    December 06, 2019
    Cancer Rehabilitation Serves a Critical Role in Patient Care
    Prehabilitation

    Cancer Rehabilitation Serves a Critical Role in Patient Care

    More and more providers are recognizing that prehabilitation and rehabilitation are key components of successful patient-centered cancer care. Oncology nurses serve as a critical access point to those services and must understand rehabilitation and its indications. To better highlight cancer rehabilitation’s benefits and importance in clinical practice, ONS members Grace Campbell, PhD, MSW, RN, CNL, CRRN, and Beverly Reigle, PhD, RN, shared a conversation about the finer points of cancer rehabilitation specialty practice.

    October 11, 2019
    Uplift Young Adult Patients by Sharing YA Resources
    Patient Support

    Uplift Young Adult Patients by Sharing Resources

    Dylan sat on the plastic chair with his elbows rested on his knees, staring blankly at the white tile floor in the clinic exam room. He was listening to me talk about the side effects of chemotherapy, but I could tell he had more on his mind. He lifted his head and touched his red baseball cap with his left hand.

    “This is a lot to take in,” he said in a befuddled tone.

    September 20, 2019
    ONS Congress

    Education and Support Are Vital for Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy

    Oncology nurses are a vital source of education and support for patients undergoing radiation therapy, enabling patients to complete therapy and minimize side effects, Richard L.S. Jennelle, MD, of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, said during a session on Thursday, April 11, 2019, at the ONS 44th Annual Congress in Anaheim, CA.

    April 11, 2019
    What Is the APRN’s Role in Managing Patients Receiving Targeted Therapy?
    Targeted therapy

    What Is the APRN’s Role in Managing Patients Receiving Targeted Therapy?

    Targeted therapies block the growth of cancer by interfering with specific molecules and may also be referred to as molecularly targeted drugs or precision oncology. Advanced practice RNs (APRNs) must be familiar with the various agents and their side effect profiles, including immunotherapies, hormone therapies, apoptosis inducers, monoclonal antibodies, angiogenesis inhibitors, and signal transduction inhibitors. 

    March 07, 2019
    San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

    Social Support May Play a Role in Treatment Adherence

    Many women discontinue adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET) because of adverse events (AEs), and only half remain adherent at five years. Researchers from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, found that continued social support for those women may improve AET adherence. They presented the findings at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on December 7, 2018.

    December 07, 2018
    The Case of the Emotional Emergency
    Psychosocial issues

    The Case of the Emotional Emergency

    Sharon, age 40, was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma. Pathologically, her tumor was grade I, estrogen- and progesterone-receptor positive, and HER2 negative. The mass measured 0.5 cm on ultrasound. Sharon has no family history of cancer and is devastated by the diagnosis. One of her close friends recently died from metastatic breast cancer, and she is certain will have the same fate. She tells Jennifer, an RN in the breast center, that she is going home to “get her affairs in order.”

    November 20, 2018
    JADPRO Live

    Nutritional Support Reduces Weight Loss for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

    As many as 50% of patients with head and neck cancer experience pretreatment weight loss. In addition, treatment frequently involves chemotherapy and radiation, which can also result in weight loss, as well as mucositis and dysphagia, which can affect patients’ ability to eat. This could lead to treatment delays that may impact treatment efficacy.

    November 13, 2018
    CMS Administrator Shares Three Points to Bolster Medicaid
    Health Policy

    CMS Administrator Shares Three Points to Bolster Medicaid

    During a recent speech at the 2018 Medicaid Management Care Summit, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma expressed a continued commitment to Medicaid’s legacy of supporting Americans in need.

    October 17, 2018
    How Patients Can Benefit From Hereditary Cancer Support
    Genetics & genomics

    How Patients Can Benefit From Hereditary Cancer Support

    My story, like many of your patients, is unfortunately not that uncommon: I’m a motherless daughter. I lost my mom to breast cancer when I was 26 years old; she lost her mother to the disease before she graduated high school. The BRCA1 mutation has been passed down in my family, and I, too, carry the mutation. Even though it was expected, I was devastated and desperately looking for resources to help manage my cancer risk. It was scary not knowing where to turn. I needed to know that I wasn’t alone. 

    September 18, 2018
    CDC Offers Insights and Resources for Cancer Survivorship
    Survivorship

    CDC Offers Insights and Resources for Cancer Survivorship

    Cancer prevention is a full-time job, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) works around the clock to raise awareness and promote necessary early detection and screening methods. Cancer survivors are a unique subset of patients and require information that’s been individualized to the survivorship experience.

    September 11, 2018
    How Are You Supporting Survivors Through EMR-Integrated Survivorship Care Plans?
    Survivorship care plans

    How Are You Supporting Survivors Through EMR-Integrated Survivorship Care Plans?

    Incorporating survivorship care plans into a hospital’s electronic medical records (EMRs) can be a tremendous aid for oncology nurses supporting their patients entering survivorship. Using the National Comprehensive Cancer Network treatment guidelines as a template for care, the oncology team can prepare a patient’s medical record with the necessary individualized information. 

    September 04, 2018
    Active Support Group Creates Community for AYAs With Cancer
    Patient Support

    Active Support Group Creates Community for AYAs With Cancer

    Cancer doesn’t discriminate. It can strike anyone at any time. Being told that you have cancer can be a frightening experience, and feelings of loneliness and isolation are not uncommon, especially for young adults with cancer.

    August 03, 2018
    How Oncology Nurses Can Support Childhood Cancer Survivors
    Survivorship

    How Oncology Nurses Can Support Childhood Cancer Survivors

    More than 13,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year in the United States. Because treatment options continue to improve, more than 80% of those children will survive at least five years after their diagnosis.

    June 18, 2018
    Expressive Writing Can Help Patients Understand and Process Their Cancer Diagnosis
    Patient Support

    Expressive Writing Can Help Patients Understand and Process Their Cancer Diagnosis

    Writing images from one’s memory and imagination can be a healing act. According to a recent study on expressive writing and patients with cancer, some individuals may benefit from participating in expressive writing as part of their supportive cancer treatment. The writing act can be a form of healing for patients struggling with their cancer diagnoses.  

    April 03, 2018
    Supportive Care Programs for Patients With Cancer
    Patient Support

    Supportive Care Programs for Patients With Cancer

    Focusing on a patient’s quality of life is often a key component to their successful cancer journey. Treating their disease is crucial, but patients have to be recognized as individuals with unique and varying needs. Addressing their emotional, physical, spiritual, and psychosocial stressors can help provide holistic treatment that’s at the heart of successful oncology care.

    April 02, 2018
    Oncology Nurse Advisor Navigation Summit

    Lay Patient Navigators May Provide a Solution for an Overworked Nursing Climate

    With the growing demand for cancer services and a shrinking workforce, new ideas and innovative approaches are needed. During a session at the Oncology Nurse Advisor Navigation Summit, ONS member Jean B. Sellers, RN, MSN, administrative clinical director at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill, discussed the current landscape and future of navigation services.

    June 15, 2017
    Breast cancer

    Patient Factors Should Guide Breast Cancer Screening Intervals

    Mammography screening recommendations should be based on risk, rather than age, according to the results of a new study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
    November 15, 2016
    Patient and Administrator Talking
    Cancer treatments

    FDA Offers Expanded Access to Patients in Need of Treatment

    Patients who are seriously ill and have exhausted their treatment options often turn to drugs that have yet to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These investigational drugs can offer alternatives to patients who have physician approval.
    July 27, 2016
    Clinical practice

    Screen for Distress in Patients With Cancer

    Living with cancer is much like a maze, Watson said. Even though cancer care is rooted in generalizable knowledge, including specific types of cancer, the stage and pattern of progression, evidence-based guidelines, and side effects and risk factors, a balance must be struck between the general and the specific by focusing on how each applies to the individual patient.
    April 30, 2015
    Clinical practice

    We Need to Focus on Being With Our Patients

    Recently, I was caring for a patient diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer. He was a young man with tattoos and a muscular frame whose strong body was just beginning to fail him. In the course of making my hourly rounds I asked if there was anything he needed that I could provide for him. "I wish you could just tell me I won't die."
    February 04, 2014
    Patient empowerment

    Dying, Tea, and Pastries: Death Cafes Invite Often-Shunned Discussions

    It's not a support group. It's not grief counseling. It is, however, a safe place to talk about death and dying. Oh, and there's tea and cookies (or cake!).
    June 10, 2013
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