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Social Determinants Have Clinically Meaningful Effects on Breast Cancer Outcomes

A patient’s race and the neighborhood in which they live can meaningfully lower time to progression and overall survival for triple-negative metastatic breast cancer, oncology nurse researchers reported in the Oncology Nursing Forum.

October 11, 2023

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Empower Your Professional Conversations With This Communication Approach

Nurse Well-Being

Empower Your Professional Conversations With This Communication Approach

October 10, 2023

FDA update

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Hospira, Inc., Issues a Voluntary Nationwide Recall for 4.2% Sodium Bicarbonate, 1% and 2% Lidocaine HCl Injections, USP

October 05, 2023

Discoveries in Race-Related Breast Cancer Biomarkers May Improve Precision Treatments

Cancer Research

Discoveries in Race-Related Breast Cancer Biomarkers May Improve Precision Treatments

October 04, 2023

Transitions in Care: Communication Builds a Bridge of Consistent Support for Patients

Interprofessional Teams

Transitions in Care

October 03, 2023

FDA update

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Safety Communication Provides Recommendations for Certain O&M Halyard Surgical N95 Respirators, Surgical Masks, and Pediatric Face Masks

October 02, 2023

ONS Represents Voice of All Nurses in President’s Cancer Panel Stakeholder Meeting

Cancer Healthcare Advocacy

ONS Represents Voice of All Nurses in President’s Cancer Panel Stakeholder Meeting

October 02, 2023

Institutional Service Dogs Help Nurses With Their Practice and Well-Being

Nurse Well-Being

Institutional Service Dogs Help Nurses With Their Practice and Well-Being

September 28, 2023

Nurses at a board table

Develop the Next Generation of ONS’s Leadership by Applying for the LDC

September 28, 2023

FDA update

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Bosutinib for Pediatric Patients With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

September 27, 2023

FDA update

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

VistaPharm LLC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Sucralfate Oral Suspension, 1 g/10 ml

September 27, 2023

Cell-Based Therapy Shows Promise for Chemotherapy-Related Female Infertility

Cell-Based Therapy Shows Promise for Chemotherapy-Related Female Infertility

September 27, 2023

Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Capmatinib

Oncology Drug Research

Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Capmatinib

September 26, 2023

FDA update

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Medline Industries Recalls One Lot of Hudson RCI AddiPak® Unit Dose Vial, 0.9% Full Normal Saline Solution

September 25, 2023

Oncology Nursing Society Appoints Joni L. Watson, DNP, MBA, RN, OCN®, as Editor of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

September 22, 2023

Patient with insomnia

Integrative Medicine

What the Evidence Says About the Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula Suan Zao Ren Tang for Insomnia

September 21, 2023

Watch for the Warnings of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

Cancer Prevention

Watch for the Warnings of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

September 20, 2023

Genetic Disorder Reference Sheet: Neurofibromatosis Type 2

Genetics & Genomics

Genetic Disorder Reference Sheet: Neurofibromatosis Type 2

September 19, 2023

Learn When to Use Authoritative and Collaborative Communication in Your Patient Education Encounters

Interprofessional Issues

Learn When to Use Authoritative and Collaborative Communication in Your Patient Education Encounters

September 18, 2023

FDA update

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves New and Updated Indications for Temozolomide Under Project Renewal

September 15, 2023

Health Disparities Have Cancer Implications for Indigenous People. Here’s How to Provide Culturally Competent Care.

Cultural Competency

Health Disparities Have Cancer Implications for Indigenous People. Here’s How to Provide Culturally Competent Care.

September 14, 2023

FDA update

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Novartis Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of One Lot of Cyclosporine Oral Solution

September 13, 2023

Experienced Racism Contributes to Poor Cancer Survivorship Outcomes

Cancer Health Disparities

Experienced Racism Contributes to Poor Cancer Survivorship Outcomes

September 13, 2023

Mind-Body Approaches Help Patients Manage Cancer-Related Distress—and Nurses Can Use Them, Too

Integrative Medicine

Mind-Body Approaches Help Patients Manage Cancer-Related Distress—and Nurses Can Use Them, Too

September 12, 2023

Trauma-Informed Care Provides Person-Centered Support for Patients During Deep Distress

Psychosocial Issues

Trauma-Informed Care Provides Person-Centered Support for Patients During Deep Distress

September 07, 2023

Workplace Issues and Lack of Joy Drive Nurse Burnout and Lead to High Nurse and Physician Turnover

Workplace Issues and Lack of Joy Drive Nurse Burnout and Lead to High Nurse and Physician Turnover

September 06, 2023

American Academy of Nursing Inducts 11 ONS Members as 2023 Fellows

September 05, 2023

Moral Injury and Trauma in Nursing

Nurse Well-Being

Moral Injury and Trauma in Nursing

September 05, 2023

Warm Weather Provides a Wave of Ways for Nurses to Practice Well-Being

Nurse Well-Being

Warm Weather Provides a Wave of Ways for Nurses to Practice Well-Being

August 30, 2023

Genetic Disorder Reference Sheet: Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Genetics & Genomics

Genetic Disorder Reference Sheet: Neurofibromatosis Type 1

August 29, 2023

How Our Personal Biases Affect Our Well-Being and Patient-Centered Care

Nurse Well-Being

How Our Personal Biases Affect Our Well-Being and Patient-Centered Care

August 24, 2023

More Survivors Have Functional Limitations After Cancer

More Survivors Have Functional Limitations After Cancer

August 23, 2023

Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Pirtobrutinib

Drug Reference Sheets

Oncology Drug Reference Sheet: Pirtobrutinib

August 22, 2023

FDA Approves Melphalan as a Liver-Directed Treatment for Uveal Melanoma

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Melphalan as a Liver-Directed Treatment for Uveal Melanoma

August 16, 2023

Financial Navigation During Hematologic Cancer Saves Patients and Caregivers $2,500

Patient Financial Advocacy

Financial Navigation During Hematologic Cancer Saves Patients and Caregivers $2,500

August 16, 2023

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Elranatamab-Bcmm for Multiple Myeloma

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Elranatamab-Bcmm for Multiple Myeloma

August 15, 2023

Clinicians Travel More Than 9,000 Miles for Radiation Oncology Training and ONS Resources

Radiation Therapy

Clinicians Travel More Than 9,000 Miles for Radiation Oncology Training and ONS Resources

August 15, 2023

FDA Approves Niraparib and Abiraterone Acetate Plus Prednisone for BRCA-Variant Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Niraparib and Abiraterone Acetate Plus Prednisone for BRCA-Variant Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

August 14, 2023

$FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Talquetamab-Tgvs for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma$

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Talquetamab-Tgvs for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

August 11, 2023

FDA Approves Pralsetinib for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With RET Gene Fusions

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FDA Approves Pralsetinib for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With RET Gene Fusions

August 10, 2023

An Oncology Provider’s Guide to Patient Use of Medical Cannabis During Cancer Care

Advanced Practice Nursing (APRN)

An Oncology Provider’s Guide to Patient Use of Medical Cannabis During Cancer Care

August 10, 2023

Radiation Staffing Shortages Delay Treatments and Add to Patients’ Anxiety

Radiation Therapy

Radiation Staffing Shortages Delay Treatments and Add to Patients’ Anxiety

August 09, 2023

Using eHealth to Measure Patient-Reported Oral Chemotherapy Side Effects Improves Overall Outcomes. Now We Need to Standardize It.

Treatment Side Effects

Using eHealth to Measure Patient-Reported Oral Chemotherapy Side Effects Improves Overall Outcomes. Now We Need to Standardize It.

August 08, 2023

Co-Creation Modernizes ONS Chapters to Meet Member Needs

Co-Creation Modernizes ONS Chapters to Meet Member Needs

August 07, 2023

FDA Approves Trifluridine and Tipiracil With Bevacizumab for Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Oncology Drug Research

FDA Approves Trifluridine and Tipiracil With Bevacizumab for Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

August 03, 2023

Baxter Healthcare Corporation Recalls SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pumps and IQ Infusion Systems With Dose IQ Safety Software, Issues Corrected Software

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Baxter Healthcare Corporation Recalls SIGMA Spectrum Infusion Pumps and IQ Infusion Systems With Dose IQ Safety Software, Issues Corrected Software

August 02, 2023

Nurses Say That Oncology Inpatient Medical Cannabis Use Improves Symptom Management and Quality of Stay

Nurses Say That Oncology Inpatient Medical Cannabis Use Improves Symptom Management and Quality of Stay

August 02, 2023

FDA approves Dostarlimab-Gxly With Chemotherapy for Endometrial Cancer

Oncology Drug Research

FDA Approves Dostarlimab-Gxly With Chemotherapy for Endometrial Cancer

August 01, 2023

Medical Cannabis

Clinical Practice

Medical Cannabis

August 01, 2023

Involve All Populations in the Nurse Well-Being Conversation

Nurse Well-Being

Involve All Populations in the Nurse Well-Being Conversation

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