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Policies and procedures

Which Is Not an ONS Recommendation When Accessing an Implanted Port?

Clinical practice guidelines

Which Is Not an ONS Recommendation When Accessing an Implanted Port?

Which of the following is not an ONS recommendation for practice when accessing an implanted port?

A. Sterile gloves must be worn during the procedure.

B. Palpate the outline of the port body prior to accessing.

C. Aspirate to confirm blood return after accessing.

D. Use only a noncoring needle.

Leadership in Nursing

Nurse empowerment

Leadership in Nursing Takes Many Forms

Do you promote optimal patient outcomes, advocate for patients’ voices, and implement change? Then you’re a nurse leader. It is easy to think of nurse leaders as those in administrative positions or conducting bedside research, but the reality is that nursing leadership can take on many roles through a variety of different nursing positions, from generalist to certified to advanced practice. Leadership is about influencing change and improvement, inspiring those around you.

January 23, 2018

Standards of Care

How Do I Move Standards of Care Into Practice?

Carrie Stricker

Healthcare safety standards

Setting the Standard

Nurses are no strangers to evidence-based practice changes, and they’re often leading the way when it comes to implementing new standards of care.

January 03, 2017

Healthcare safety standards

ONS Connects You to Cutting-Edge Standards to Support Your Practice

Although it’s hard to find the time to do so during a busy shift, there are times when you need to consult the best practice standards to support your work for a particular process. Whether you’re considering the best procedure for a central line dressing change or accessing an implanted port, or you’re considering the verification process and the best way to administer an IV chemotherapy agent, you need to know that your policies—and the competencies which you've engrained into your memory—are evidence-based and supported by your institution and professional organizations. Quality outcomes and measurements have never been more central to health care than they are now, and ONS-developed standards go a long way to supporting your practice.

November 21, 2016

Care coordination

The Case of the Troubling Transport

During orientation, Justine learns that women scheduled for a hookwire procedure are transported to the mammography suite located across the parking area of the hospital building. Patients are being taken through the public waiting area during the transport. She knows this is a patient privacy violation, but her supervisor tells her, “This is the way we've always done it.”

Hazardous oncology drugs safe handling guidelines

Policies and procedures

New Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Guidelines May Require Changes for Your Practice

Healthcare workers who prepare and administer hazardous drugs have further incentive to follow the recommended precautions with the February 1, 2016, release of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention Chapter 800. Find out more about these recommended precautions.

Physician Observes the Unthinkable After His Wife’s Surgery

ONS and ASCO Release Revised Chemotherapy Safety Standards

In 2011, a workgroup consisting of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and ONS members was convened to review feedback received since publication of the ASCO/ONS Standards for Safe Chemotherapy Administration in 2009 and to clarify the standards as needed. The most significant change is the decision to extend their scope to the inpatient setting. This

February 27, 2012

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