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    Patients and the Public Recognize and Thank Dedicated Nurses
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    Patients and the Public Recognize and Thank Dedicated Nurses
    May 06, 2022
    How to Promote and Maintain Cancer Screening as COVID-19 Persists
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    How to Promote and Maintain Cancer Screening as COVID-19 Persists
    March 18, 2022
    I’m a Match: My Journey From Advanced Practice BMT Nurse to Stem Cell Transplant Donor
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    I’m a Match: My Journey From Advanced Practice BMT Nurse to Stem Cell Transplant Donor
    February 11, 2022
    Online and Mobile Resources Prepare Oncology Professionals for Care Delivery in All Settings
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    Online and Mobile Resources Prepare Oncology Professionals for Care Delivery in All Settings
    January 31, 2022
    The Case of the Post-Transplant Pulmonary Problem
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    The Case of the Post-Transplant Pulmonary Problem
    January 14, 2022
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    Understanding oncology drug administration safety and efficicacy
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    The Case of the Hyperthermic Hypodermic

    Erin arrives in your injection clinic for her monthly injection of fulvestrant. She tells you that her regular nurse always warms the drug before the injection by wrapping it in a warm pack because it lessens the discomfort during the injection. She says her nurse also told her it makes the medication easier to administer. What would you do?
    August 20, 2013
    African Americans and palliative care
    Clinical practice

    Cultural Barriers Keep African Americans From Using Palliative Care

    Although use of hospice services continues to increase across the United States, with more than 1.5 million Americans receiving services in 2010, only 9% of hospice recipients are African American.
    August 13, 2013
    Side effects of radiation therapies
    Clinical practice

    The Case of the Suspicious Sunburn

    William calls your office complaining of painful redness and blisters on his chest. He admits that during the recent warm weather, he hadn’t been wearing a shirt while working in the yard. He initially thought it was a sunburn, but the symptoms continued to worsen and were unrelieved by typical sunburn remedies. Upon reviewing William’s chart, you see that he recently received radiation and chemotherapy therapy for Hodgkin disease. What would you do?
    June 18, 2013
    Clinical practice

    FDA Approves Xofigo for Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

    On May 15, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved radium Ra 223 dichloride (Xofigo Injection, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc.) for the treatment of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer, symptomatic bone metastases, and no known visceral metastatic disease.
    May 21, 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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    Clinical practice

    The Case of the Compacted Colon

    Bob, a 61-year-old man with multiple myeloma, calls his hematologist’s office complaining of worsening constipation despite increasing his fiber and liquid intake. Yesterday, he stopped taking his ondansetron because he remembered that it can cause constipation, but now he’s nauseated in addition to being constipated. What would you do?
    May 07, 2013
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    Clinical practice

    The Case of the Out of Order Chemotherapy Order

    April is car­ing for a patient with bil­iary can­cer. She receives a new chemother­apy order for cis­platin fol­lowed by gem­c­itabine on days 1 and 8 every three weeks. The stan­dard sequence in April’s hos­pi­tal is to admin­is­ter plat­inum agents last. How­ever, the order clearly states to admin­is­ter the cis­platin first. What would you do?
    April 23, 2013
    Clinical practice

    The Case of the Irradiated Red Cells

    Xaviar, a newly diagnosed patient with acute myelogenous leukemia, is receiving his first packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion.
    January 22, 2013
    Clinical practice

    The Case of the Sour Saline

    After William had blood drawn through his tunneled central venous catheter
    December 04, 2012
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    The Case of the Vexing Vesicant

    Ursula arrives in her physician’s office to receive doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide
    October 04, 2012
    Clinical practice

    Top 10 Reasons I Chose to Pursue a DNP

    10. To demon­strate my com­mit­ment to prac­tice.
    February 22, 2012
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    Chemotherapy

    The Case of the Painful Port

    Louise arrives in your office for her chemotherapy treatment with doxorubicin and paclitaxel.
    January 03, 2012
    Symptoms of lung cancer in women
    Adverse events

    Symptom Clusters in Women With Lung Cancer

    Symp­toms of lung can­cer rarely occur in iso­la­tion
    January 02, 2012
    Adverse events

    Nursing Care of Tenckhoff Catheters for Malignant Pleural Effusions

    Malignant pleural effusion is a frequent and often morbid side effect of advanced metastatic disease, and its symptoms may cause anxiety and emotional distress for patients as well as their families.
    March 01, 2010
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