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    Without My Fellowship Program and ONS, I Would Not Be the Nurse I Am Today
    Nurse empowerment
    Without My Fellowship Program and ONS, I Would Not Be the Nurse I Am Today
    July 15, 2022
    When the Provider Becomes the Patient: What I Learned From COVID-19
    COVID-19
    When the Provider Becomes the Patient: What I Learned From COVID-19
    June 24, 2022
    The Case of the Late Head and Neck Lymphedema
    Clinical practice
    The Case of the Late Head and Neck Lymphedema
    June 20, 2022
    Our Patients Give Us Peace in Unexpected Circumstances
    Oncology nurse pride
    Our Patients Give Us Peace in Unexpected Circumstances
    June 17, 2022
    Behind Our Masks, I See You, I Hear You
    COVID-19
    Behind Our Masks, I See You, I Hear You
    June 10, 2022
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    Patient safety

    Fostering a Culture of Safety: Is Less Really More From the Patient Perspective?

    There is currently a huge focus on patient safety. It's not just in the news and literature. It pervades the clinical environment. I'm currently spending my days between two major teaching hospitals and an outpatient cancer institute, all in Boston, MA. Some of the safety concerns I have encountered just in the past week include 

    February 18, 2016
    Adverse events

    Antiemetics for Nausea and Vomiting Simplified

    As oncology nurses, we must have a solid understanding of and a certain comfort level with the use of antiemetics. It seems easy to get stuck in a routine that revolves around one or two drugs for all of our patients. However, antiemetic regimens need to be just as individualized for patients as their chemotherapy regimens.
    July 14, 2015
    Clinical practice

    Palliative Care Is Not Just for the Dying

    As a certified hospice and palliative care nurse, I was grateful to see the joint response from three nursing organizations that embraced the challenges presented in the IOM report, "Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life," and discussed how palliative nursing can address the key recommendations.
    December 09, 2014
    Clinical practice

    Reduce Compassion Fatigue on the Unit

    "Burnout is grounded in the work environment, whereas compassion fatigue is grounded in the clinical work." I don't know if I'd ever taken the time to think about the distinctions between the two, but they are important.
    June 20, 2014

    ONS Connect Brings Congress 2014 to You Through Quotes

    I love quotes. I love collecting them from books, movies, speeches, etc. and writing them down to reflect on. The 39th Annual ONS Congress in Anaheim was a gold mine of great quotes and information.
    May 28, 2014
    Ethics in nursing

    When Do You Stop Fighting?

    The war on cancer began in 1971 when Nixon signed the National Cancer Act. Since then, the war rages on. MD Anderson vows to make cancer history. Walking fundraisers urge people to join the fight, one step at a time. People who win the battle against cancer are survivors and those who don't—did they not fight hard enough?
    March 31, 2014
    Nursing education

    Welcome to the New ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Biotherapy Certificate Course

    You have probably heard that there are changes to the ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Biotherapy Certificate Course as of this winter. It can be hard to keep up your nursing licenses and certifications, let alone any changes to the processes, so hopefully this post can help simplify the changes.
    December 10, 2013
    Grief & bereavement

    Death Happens Every Day

    I finally got to read my pile of journals that had been occupying my coffee table for the summer. I usually take a few volumes and hole up on the couch absorbing the new research that has come out. As always, I was personally touched by Dr. Anne Katz's editorial in the July issue of the Oncology Nursing Forum titled "Scar Tissue in the Heart."
    September 24, 2013
    Prostate cancer

    Prostate Cancer Nursing Management Is Critical to Quality Care

    Prostate cancer nursing management must be well understood because prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men after skin cancer; however, prostate cancer can be successfully treated. According to the American Cancer Society, more than two million men in the United States are prostate cancer survivors.
    September 18, 2013
    Clinical practice

    Ineffective Communication Is a Barrier to Patient Care

    I was spoiled with several plane trips in the month of April, which I always enjoy because it allows me some reading time. My recent trip to Boston and its subsequent layovers allowed me time to read ANA’s American Nurse Today and The American Nurse, and ONS’s Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. The latter had a great article, "Oncology Nurse Communication Barriers to Patient-Centered Care."
    May 13, 2013

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    Carol Cannon RN, BSN, OCN®
     
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