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    Two Oncology Nurses Implement Process to Allow Patients to Disconnect Pumps From the Comfort of Their Own Homes
    Chemotherapy
    Two Oncology Nurses Implement Process to Allow Patients to Disconnect Pumps From the Comfort of Their Own Homes
    May 19, 2023
    Innovative Oncology Nurses Break Down Communication Barriers for Patients Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
    Special Populations
    Innovative Oncology Nurses Break Down Communication Barriers for Patients Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
    March 10, 2023
    How I Practice Mindfulness as an Oncology Nurse
    Nurse well-being
    How I Practice Mindfulness as an Oncology Nurse
    March 03, 2023
    Clinical and Pharmaceutical Nurse Educators Collaborate to Bring Training to Nurses and Improve Patient Care
    Oncology nurse education
    Clinical and Pharmaceutical Nurse Educators Collaborate to Bring Training to Nurses and Improve Patient Care
    January 13, 2023
    Oncology Nurse Uses Retirement to Help Patients and Healthcare Professionals Understand Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker Testing Results
    Pancreatic cancer
    Oncology Nurse Uses Retirement to Help Patients and Healthcare Professionals Understand Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker Testing Results
    November 11, 2022
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    These Factors May Increase Cancer Screening Rates for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals
    Cancer screening

    These Factors May Increase Cancer Screening Rates for Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals

    Race, sex, education level, and healthcare coverage status all contribute to cancer screening disparities among sexual and gender minority populations, researchers reported in the March 2023 issue of the Oncology Nursing Forum.

    June 07, 2023
    Cultural Competence Training Promotes Safe and Inclusive LGBTQ+ Patient Care
    Cultural Competency

    Cultural Competence Training Promotes Safe and Inclusive LGBTQ+ Patient Care

    Successfully addressing sensitive topics, such as homophobia and LGBTQ+ biases, is best achieved in small, interactive groups, clinical nurse scientists said in a quality improvement project report published in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.

    June 02, 2023
    APRNs Develop Institutional Bladder Irrigation Guideline That Dramatically Reduces CAUTI Rates
    Advanced Practice Nursing (APRN)

    APRNs Develop Institutional Bladder Irrigation Guideline That Dramatically Reduces CAUTI Rates

    Implementing intermittent bladder irrigation guidelines reduces catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates by more than 80%, ONS member Christine Wallace, MSN, APRN-CNS, said during a podium presentation at the 48th Annual ONS Congress® in April 2023.

    May 31, 2023
    AYA Champions Clinic Fills Gaps in Care and Addresses Unmet Needs
    Clinical practice

    AYA Champions Clinic Fills Gaps in Care and Addresses Unmet Needs

    Nearly all adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer who use the services of a population-specific clinic would recommend it to other AYAs with cancer, researchers reported during a session at the 48th Annual ONS Congress® in April 2023. They said that more than 90,000 AYAs aged 15–39 are diagnosed with cancer every year in the United States, a critical life stage in which cancer can deeply affect individuals’ social, developmental, educational, professional, and financial growth, making services like specialized clinics critical to an AYA patient population.

    May 24, 2023
    Interprofessional Collaboration Reduces Time to Neutropenia Antibiotic Administration
    Interdisciplinary teams

    Interprofessional Collaboration Reduces Time to Neutropenia Antibiotic Administration

    A multipronged approach that incorporates all disciplines on the interprofessional cancer care team resulted in a 34% improvement in antibiotic initiation within 30 minutes of a neutropenia diagnosis on a 24-bed blood and marrow unit, according to study findings presented at the 48th Annual ONS Congress® in April 2023.

    May 17, 2023
    NCPD Podcasts Increase Oncology Nurses’ Confidence and Competence in Managing Toxicities
    Nursing education

    NCPD Podcasts Increase Oncology Nurses’ Confidence and Competence in Managing Toxicities

    Listening to educational podcasts improves oncology nurse learners’ knowledge of managing treatment-related adverse events by 11%–27% and safety by 24%, researchers reported during a podium presentation at the 48th Annual ONS Congress® in April 2023.

    May 10, 2023
    Clinician Biases Leave Patients Feeling Unsupported When Electing for Flat Closure Mastectomies
    Research

    Clinician Biases Leave Patients Feeling Unsupported When Electing for Flat Closure Mastectomies

    Although 74%–84% of patients with breast cancer who undergo mastectomies are satisfied with their bodies and outcomes after electing to have a flat closure, 20%–35% say that they felt unsupported by their cancer care team during the process. Patients report feeling marginalized or stigmatized, not being told that flat closure is an option, and even left with excess skin against their wishes because the care team wanted to give them “future options.”

    May 09, 2023
    Nurse-Pharmacist Collaboration Improves HSCT Patient Outcomes
    Clinical practice

    Nurse-Pharmacist Collaboration Improves HSCT Patient Outcomes

    Collaborative, interprofessional care for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients improves time to electrolyte repletion; reduces cardiac adverse events, oral mucositis severity, and bloodstream infections; and improves use of patient-controlled anesthesia, researchers reported in study findings presented at the 48th Annual ONS Congress® in April 2023.

    May 04, 2023
    Most Cancer Screening Guidelines Don’t Disclose Potential Harms
    Cancer screening

    Most Cancer Screening Guidelines Don’t Disclose Potential Harms

    For nearly 2,500 years, nonmaleficence, or “do no harm,” has been a fundamental tenet of medical ethics. Yet none of today’s U.S. breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, or prostate cancer screening guidelines report all of the harms associated with screening tests, researchers said in study results published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

    April 26, 2023
    Modified Chemo Drug Kills More Cancer Cells, Activates Immune Cells—and Has Fewer Toxicities
    Chemotherapy

    Modified Chemo Drug Kills More Cancer Cells, Activates Immune Cells—and Has Fewer Toxicities

    Once abandoned because of dose-limiting toxicities, a novel chemotherapy drug is showing even more promise as a modified prodrug. In study results published in Science Advances, researchers demonstrated how turning DRP-104 into a prodrug enables it to kill more tumor cells and activate CD8+ T cells with a “markedly improved tolerability profile.”

    April 19, 2023
    Patients With Cancer Save More Than $150 Per Visit When Using Telehealth
    Access to Cancer Care

    Patients With Cancer Save More Than $150 Per Visit When Using Telehealth

    Between travel time and expenses, missed work hours, and other factors, cancer care visits cost patients more than just a copay. A new study quantified the financial benefits of conducting those visits via telehealth versus in person, with researchers reporting that patients saved more than $150 in expenses and three hours in travel and waiting time per visit by using telehealth. They published their findings in JAMA Network Open.

    April 12, 2023
    Nurse-Led Education Program Leads to Threefold Increase in ACP Documentation
    Advance Care Planning

    Nurse-Led Education Program Leads to Threefold Increase in ACP Documentation

    A multimodal nursing education intervention using ONS resources, didactic teaching, and small group discussions grew one institution’s advance care planning (ACP) documentation rates from 0% to 63%, according to a report published in the February 2023 issue of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. Nurse participants also reported increases in ACP discussions and a clinically significant improvement in their overall comfort level with ACP conversations.

    April 11, 2023
    Black and Hispanic Patients Get Fewer Opioids but More Toxicology Screening for Pain at End of Life
    End of life (EOL)

    Black and Hispanic Patients Get Fewer Opioids but More Toxicology Screening for Pain at End of Life

    Opioids are the recommended treatment of choice for cancer pain at the end of life according to all major guidelines, but Black and Hispanic patients are 13% and 11% less likely than their White counterparts, respectively, to obtain prescription opioids for cancer-related pain at the end of life, researchers reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

    April 05, 2023
    Platinum Chemo Improves TNBC Survival for Patients Younger Than 50
    Chemotherapy

    Platinum Chemo Improves TNBC Survival for Patients Younger Than 50

    Adding carboplatin to standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy for patients with triple-negative breast cancer improves complete response, event-free survival, and overall survival, researchers reported in study findings presented in abstract GS5-01 during the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. 

    March 29, 2023
    Lung Cancer Screening and Early Detection Drastically Improves Survival Rates
    Lung Cancer

    Lung Cancer Screening and Early Detection Drastically Improves Survival Rates

    Increases in early-stage lung cancer diagnoses with low-dose computed tomography screening have led to sustained improvements in survival rates more than 20 years later, researchers said while presenting their study findings at the 2022 Radiological Society of North America annual meeting.

    March 22, 2023
    RNs Need More Education About Reasonable Accommodations for Patients With Intellectual Disabilities
    Special Populations

    RNs Need More Education About Reasonable Accommodations for Patients With Intellectual Disabilities

    Nearly 60% of RNs say they have limited awareness of the concept of reasonable accommodations for patients with intellectual disabilities, researchers reported in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. They said their findings indicate a dire need for increased nursing education and training.

    March 15, 2023
    Four R’s and Resilience Approach Help Oncology Nurses Respond to Morally Distressing Challenges
    Research

    Four R’s and Resilience Approach Help Oncology Nurses Respond to Morally Distressing Challenges

    Disparity. Inequity. Futility. Barriers. Miscommunication. Unacceptance of the inevitable. Ethical and moral challenges perpetuate throughout practice for today’s healthcare workers, particularly oncology nurses in cancer care. As those burdens build up, nurses struggle to sustain their resilience and risk developing burnout or even leaving the profession entirely.

    March 14, 2023
    Watch Your Words to Lose the Weight Bias in Health Care
    Nursing education

    Watch Your Words to Lose the Weight Bias in Health Care

    Weight bias and stigma are evident across all professionals in the health care industry, including physicians, nurses, dietitians, and mental healthcare providers, researchers reported in Nursing Clinics of North America. They said that using people-first language is critical to reducing bias and discrimination.

    March 08, 2023
    Tip Sheet Helps Nurses Confront Systemic Racism by Providing Equitable Hair Care
    Patient empowerment

    Tip Sheet Helps Nurses Confront Systemic Racism by Providing Equitable Hair Care

    Maintaining a patient’s personal grooming during an inpatient stay is an important aspect of holistic nursing care, but nurses and hospitals alike may fall short when it comes to textured hair care, nurses reported in the American Journal of Nursing.

    February 22, 2023
    Nurse-Led Bone Marrow Biopsy Clinics Truncate Time for Testing, Treatment
    Clinical practice

    Nurse-Led Bone Marrow Biopsy Clinics Truncate Time for Testing, Treatment

    Patients with suspected hematologic cancers complete the bone marrow biopsy processes and begin treatment more than one month sooner when the procedures are shifted from interventional radiology to a dedicated, nurse-led bone marrow biopsy clinic, researchers reported in a poster presentation at the Association of VA Hematology/Oncology meeting.

    February 15, 2023
    Postdischarge ICI Patient Education Eliminates Hospital Readmissions
    Research

    Postdischarge ICI Patient Education Eliminates Hospital Readmissions

    None of the patients who were admitted for an immune checkpoint inhibitor–related toxicity but received structured teaching at discharge were subsequently readmitted within 30 days, compared to nearly 50% of patients who did not receive teaching, ONS member Michelle L. Rohlfs, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP®, reported in study findings published in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing.

    February 14, 2023
    Nearly 25% of Patients With Cancer Are Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
    Research

    Nearly 25% of Patients With Cancer Are Victims of Intimate Partner Violence

    Anger is a common emotion for both patients and their partners when facing cancer, but in almost a quarter of relationships, that anger turns psychologically or physically violent. According to the results of a new study published in Supportive Care in Cancer, both genders report acts of abuse from their partners during the cancer journey.

    February 08, 2023
    Black Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Are Less Informed About Their Clinical Trial Options
    Special Populations

    Black Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Are Less Informed About Their Clinical Trial Options

    Healthcare providers are less likely to talk to Black patients with metastatic breast cancer about opportunities to enroll in clinical trials than they are with patients from other racial or ethnic backgrounds, researchers reported at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting.

    February 01, 2023
    Pancreatic Cancer Surveillance Programs Lead to Earlier Diagnoses and Better Outcomes
    Pancreatic cancer

    Pancreatic Cancer Surveillance Programs Lead to Earlier Diagnoses and Better Outcomes

    Most patients at high risk for developing pancreatic cancer whose disease was found while participating in a screening program were diagnosed with early-stage cancers, according to study findings published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

    January 25, 2023
    Aspirin’s Survival Benefits in Advanced CRC Depend on Patient BMI
    Cancer research

    Aspirin’s Survival Benefits in Advanced CRC Depend on Patient BMI

    Regular use of aspirin after an advanced colorectal cancer diagnosis may extend survival by as much as 14 months for patients with a healthy body mass index score prediagnosis compared to those with obese BMIs, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

    January 18, 2023
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