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    Learn How to Conduct Mock Code Simulations
    Clinical practice
    Learn How to Conduct Mock Code Simulations
    August 18, 2023
    Nurse-Led QI Project Standardizes Transplant and Cellular Therapy Nurse Coordinator Visit Scheduling
    Quality of care
    Nurse Practitioner's QI Project Standardizes Transplant and Cellular Therapy Nurse Coordinator Visit Scheduling
    August 03, 2023
    Nurse-Created Apps Help Pediatric Patients Find Their Voice and Navigate Their Cancer Journey
    Patient Support
    Nurse-Created Apps Help Pediatric Patients Find Their Voice and Navigate Their Cancer Journey
    July 21, 2023
    Certification Was a Critical Step Along My Oncology Nursing Career Journey
    Oncology nursing community
    Certification Was a Critical Step Along My Oncology Nursing Career Journey
    July 14, 2023
    Learn How to Read a Germline Genomic Testing Report
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    Learn How to Read a Germline Genomic Testing Report
    July 07, 2023
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    Nurse Leads Relaunch of Bipartisan Assisting Caregivers Today Caucus
    Caregiver support

    Nurse Leads Relaunch of Bipartisan Assisting Caregivers Today Caucus

    To provide education about the challenges family caregivers face and advocate for policies that support them, U.S. Representatives Jen Kiggans (R-VA), a geriatric nurse practitioner and veteran, and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), along with U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), relaunched the bipartisan Assisting Caregivers Today Caucus in June 2023.

    August 24, 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

    Individuals at risk for financial toxicity from the high costs of hematologic cancer care reported saving an average of $2,500 when guided by the services of an oncology financial navigation program, researchers reported in the Journal of Oncology Practice.

    August 16, 2023
    President Biden Signs Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers
    Caregiver support

    President Biden Signs Executive Order on Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting Caregivers

    Calling it “the most comprehensive set of executive actions any president has ever taken to make care more affordable and accessible for hardworking families and further support care workers and family caregivers,” the Biden-Harris administration announced a series of executive orders to broaden the availability of support services and resource across the United States. The April 2023 order included more than 50 directives for government agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services.

    May 17, 2023
    Continue the Conversation With ONS Congress® Key Speakers
    ONS Congress

    Continue the Conversation With ONS Congress® Key Speakers

    Coming to you from Congress, we're speaking with some of the key speakers presenting at the the 48th annual conference. Here, Tamryn Gray, PhD, RN, MPH, Chris Snyder, and Lauren Ghazal, PhD, FNP-BC, talk about their sessions and ways you can learn more about important topics like caregivers, safety and violence in health care, and nursing sustainability.

    April 28, 2023
    Caregiving for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Is Nearly a Full-Time Job
    Caregiver strain

    Caregiving for Metastatic Prostate Cancer Is Nearly a Full-Time Job

    Caregivers spend an average of 30 hours per week caring for patients with metastatic prostate cancer, researchers reported in study findings published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

    October 12, 2022
    Help Caregivers Control the Chronic Stress of Cancer Care and Manage PTSD
    Caregiver support

    Help Caregivers Control the Chronic Stress of Cancer Care and Manage PTSD

    Post-traumatic stress disorder can develop after individuals experience an event that goes beyond their usual stressors, affecting a broad range of people. It is associated with exposure to death or threatened death, including a sudden, catastrophic event due to a medical incident. A cancer diagnosis’s significant psychological stressors can affect not only patients, but their caregivers as well.

    September 15, 2022
    Anxiety and Depression Are Biggest Concerns for Patients With Cancer, Survivors, Caregivers
    Cancer research

    Anxiety and Depression Are Biggest Concerns for Patients With Cancer, Survivors, Caregivers

    As many as 49% of patients with cancer are at risk for clinically significant levels of anxiety and 38% are at risk for clinically significant levels of depression, according to data collected through the Cancer Support Community’s (CSC’s) cancer experience registry. Additionally, nearly half of caregivers have anxiety levels that are substantially higher than the national average and one-third face substantially higher fatigue and depression levels. Nationally, the rates for levels of anxiety and depression are 19.1% of U.S. adults aged 18 and older and 8.4% of U.S. adults aged 18 and older, respectively.

    March 29, 2022
    APRNs Can Lead by Example When Integrating Palliative Care in Practice
    Palliative care

    APRNs Can Lead by Example When Integrating Palliative Care in Practice

    Early and regular integration of palliative care (PC) improves patient and caregiver outcomes in symptom management, quality of life, psychosocial health, communication, shared decision-making, overall satisfaction—and even survival. Health systems also benefit through reduced emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and intensive care stays; increased completion of advanced directives; and improved quality of end-of-life care. Both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) Oncology Care Model and many oncology organizations, including ONS, support the approach for patients with cancer.

    November 11, 2021
    ONS Congress

    Help ‘At-Risk’ Family Members With Challenges in Cancer Caregiving

    Family members—not health professionals—are the primary providers of patient-focused care in the United States, according to Deborah Boyle, MSN, RN, AOCNS®, FAAN, from Advanced Oncology Nursing Resources in Phoenix, AZ. “There is an unrealistic expectation that families can enact their caregiving role with no training and ongoing support,” she said during her session presentation for the 46th Annual ONS Congress™ on April 20, 2021. Oncology nurses have a responsibility to identify at-risk families that may face multiple challenges in providing care so they can prepare those families with additional resources and support.

    April 20, 2021
    COVID-19 Affects Cancer Caregivers, but Here Are Ways to Support Them
    COVID-19

    COVID-19 Affects Cancer Caregivers, but Here Are Ways to Support Them

    Cancer caregivers are silent and sometimes forgotten victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Its impact on patients with cancer and healthcare providers is widely discussed, but it also affects caregiver responsibilities and burden.

    February 19, 2021
    Support and Empower At-Home Caregivers  of Patients With Cancer
    Caregiver support

    Support and Empower At-Home Caregivers of Patients With Cancer

    Finding comfort among loved ones at home can be conducive to healing in all of its dimensions for patients with cancer. For patients in home care, many aspects of treatment and day-to-day medical care are done by loved ones or family members. In the United States, nearly 4.6 million at-home caregivers are tending to patients with cancer. Although many at-home caregivers embrace the responsibility, managing successful oncology care can be a complex burden for family members—many of whom are likely unprepared for the stressors of cancer care.  

    July 02, 2019
    ONS Congress

    When a Child Is Dying, Parents Need to Hear “We’ve Done Everything We Could”

    What the parents of a child dying from cancer need to hear above all from the healthcare professionals caring for their child is that everything possible has been done, to the best of the health care team’s ability, said Pamela S. Hinds, PhD, RN, FAAN, in the 2019 Mara Mogensen Flaherty Memorial Lecture on Friday, April 12, 2019, at the ONS 44th Annual Congress in Anaheim, CA.

    April 12, 2019
    Jill Biden Works With ONS Members and Others to Understand the Caregiver Experience
    Oncology nurse influence

    Jill Biden Works With ONS Members and Others to Understand the Caregiver Experience

    In coffee shops around the country, between clicking cups and grinding coffee beans, former second lady of the United States, Jill Biden, EdD, is quietly gathering small groups of oncology nurses, care coordinators, social workers, and family members who support patients with cancer to discuss the obstacles facing caregivers throughout the cancer journey. As part of the Biden Cancer Initiative’s (BCI’s) continued work to improve oncology care, this coterie of caregivers is heralding the trials and triumphs that come with addressing the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients with cancer.

    April 26, 2018
    RAISE Act, Pledging Support Services to Family Caregivers
    Caregiver support

    Trump Signs RAISE Act, Pledging Support Services to Family Caregivers

    Family members are often the first people to step into the caregiver role when a loved one gets sick. However, studies show that caregivers face unintended burdens and potential consequence as a result of the support and care they give to loved ones.

    January 23, 2018
    Comfort Care Concerns
    Pain management

    The Case of the Comfort Care Concerns

    Phil is a 63-year-old man who is admitted to the inpatient oncology unit for severe pain resulting from metastatic small cell lung cancer. His wife and two daughters are at his bedside. Earlier in the day, the medical oncologist discussed additional treatment options or hospice care. Phil decided on comfort care with the hope of getting his pain managed and going home on hospice.

    September 19, 2017
    Caregiver support

    The Amazing Power Of A Smile

    A smile is universal across all cultures. It helps to break down language barriers. A smile is contagious. A smile can be heard and felt over the phone. A smile is not taught, it is simply part of our humanity. Babies smile in the womb. Smiling reduces stress hormones and releases endorphins physiologically helping one feel better. Oncology nurses know the power of a smile.
    March 15, 2016
    Caregiver strain

    The Importance of Caring for the Caregiver

    As oncology nurses, we have all encountered the caregivers of our patients. Caregivers come in all ages and genders. They can be old and young, male and female. We have seen young mothers at the besides of their suffering husbands, and elderly gentlemen at the bedsides of their sick wives. What can we do for the caregivers who are experiencing their own challenges caring for their loved ones in these trying times?
    March 09, 2016
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