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    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
    The Life of Marie Curie and Her Contributions to Oncology
    Cancer treatments
    The Life of Marie Curie and Her Contributions to Oncology
    November 07, 2022
    Post-Flooding Natural Disaster Cancer Considerations and Patient Education Points
    Patient safety
    Post-Flooding Natural Disaster Cancer Considerations and Patient Education Points
    September 28, 2022
    Can Patients Use Continuous Glucose Monitors During Radiation Therapy for Cancer?
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    Can Patients Use Continuous Glucose Monitors During Radiation Therapy for Cancer?
    August 19, 2022
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    Home Care and Oncology Nurses  Partner to Expand Ambulatory Options for Patients With Cancer
    Coordinated care

    Home Care and Oncology Nurses Partner to Expand Ambulatory Options for Patients With Cancer

    Home care is a patient-centered ambulatory care option that improves treatment adherence, symptom management, length of hospital stays, cost of care, psychosocial well-being, and quality of life. It is the future of care delivery, creating a “more accessible, effective, efficient, safe, and economical sustainable system.”

    April 05, 2022
    ONS Bridge

    Oncology-Specific Urgent Care Centers Keep Patients Out of the ED

    September 15, 2020
    No Place Like It: Home Care for Patients With Cancer
    Clinical practice

    No Place Like It: Home Care for Patients With Cancer

    It’s more than just four walls and a roof. Home is where most people find comfort, solace, and a sense of familiarity. It’s where the heart is, and there’s no place like it. With advancements in cancer therapies, treatment care modalities, and technology, many of today’s patients are finding they can receive a large portion of their care in the home. Home care is not a new concept—rather it’s likely the oldest healthcare setting in human history—but it can be a complex and intricate care environment, especially when addressing specific needs related to cancer treatment. At its heart are expert oncology nursing professionals who safely deliver the best possible care for their patients—in the comfort of their own homes.  

    July 02, 2019
    National Agencies Recognize Oncology Nursing’s Role in Coordinated Patient Care
    Health Policy

    National Agencies Recognize Oncology Nursing’s Role in Coordinated Patient Care

    We live in the greatest age of scientific discovery and medical breakthroughs. Advances in the innovation and understanding of diseases are providing more insight into how we treat, and often cure, people with life-threatening illnesses. What was once deemed a death sentence diagnosis is now described as a chronic disorder, that can be handled with the help of the patient and a team of healthcare providers.

    March 15, 2018
    American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

    Individualized Care Plans Decrease Emergency Department Use

    Unplanned hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits are an ongoing problem for patients with cancer. At the Taussig Cancer Institute, just 6% of all discharged patients accounted for more than 40% of unplanned readmissions (defined as a hospitalization occurring within 30 days of discharge). Those patients are also at high risk for future admissions, intensive care unit (ICU) stay, ED visits, overuse of chemotherapy, and underuse of hospice resources. Researchers developed an individualized care plan (ICP) for patients with the highest preventable use to see if this would impact hospital use and readmissions. Girish Kunapareddy, MD, at the Taussig Cancer Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, discussed the findings at the ASH Annual Meeting.

    December 09, 2017
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    Coordinated care

    How Oncology Nurse Navigation Contributes to Effective Care Coordination

    Well-coordinated care by knowledgeable healthcare providers improves patient-centered care, supports shared decision making, reduces fragmentation of care, and decreases readmissions and emergency room visits. However, patients with complex care needs are often lost in the very systems designed to support them.

    September 26, 2017
    ASCO Annual Meeting

    Patient-Provider Communication on Immunotherapy Can Be Improved

    Guidelines regarding healthcare provider communication about immunotherapy do not currently exist. Researchers sought to determine patient and provider preferences for this type of information and to identify barriers to communication about immunotherapy. The study’s findings were presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.

    June 05, 2017
    ASCO Annual Meeting

    Discussion About Goals of Care May Improve Patient Understanding

    Discussing goals of care with patients with advanced cancer can provide better information on the disease, treatment options, and prognosis, as well as elicit patient values. A randomized, controlled trial tested a coaching model to improve healthcare providers’ communication on goals of care. The study’s findings were presented at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting.

    June 05, 2017
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    Coordinated care

    Creating and Sustaining Survivorship Care Plans in Practice

    With more than 15.5 million Americans living beyond cancer, it’s no surprise that more attention is being paid to survivorship than ever before. Once treatment ends, patients can be thrown back into a world after cancer with little or no attention paid to their concerns about recurrence, late effects from treatment, how to follow up with their future care, and a great many more unknowns.

    May 01, 2017
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    Coordinated care

    The Impact of Comorbidities on Patient Care

    More than ever before, oncology nurses are required to provide multifaceted care when it comes to managing patients with cancer. As the population of patients with cancer continues to age and cancer becomes more of a chronic condition, oncology nurses are seeing more patients who exhibit comorbidities during their cancer journey.

    January 30, 2017
    Patient Financial Resources
    Coordinated care

    Help Your Patients Find Financial Resources

    The financial burden associated with cancer treatment is reaching new heights. In the heat of making decisions, patients and their families may drastically deplete their finances to reap the advantage a new drug may offer.

    January 03, 2017
    Care coordination

    How Do You Support Individual Expertise in a Coordinated Cancer Team Setting?

    When we talk about advocating for patients, whether it’s as an oncology nurse or an oncology social worker, we’re talking about optimal care and quality of life. You could have the greatest treatment in the world, but if your patient doesn’t have transportation to get to that treatment, what’s the point?
    October 04, 2016
    Coordinated care

    Advocating for Your Patients

    Nurse navigators are advocating for patients in institutions across the country, setting an example for what oncology nurses at any level can do to help their patients through the cancer journey.
    October 04, 2016
    Access to Cancer Care

    Improving Access to Care Is a Priority to the Cancer Moonshot

    In 1965, the monthly cost of cancer care was $100. By 2013, that number had risen to nearly $10,000. The skyrocketing cost of cancer drugs has, in part, played a major role in limiting access to care for patients with cancer. But money isn’t the only barrier: Location of treatment centers, lack of transportation, socioeconomic challenges, along with myriad cultural differences can play into the ways patients do—or don’t—access care.
    August 23, 2016
    Oncology Medical Personnel
    Clinical practice

    CMS Announces Oncology Care Model

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have opened a demonstration project in an effort to streamline the provision of care and the reimbursement processes associated with cancer care.
    July 14, 2016
    ASCO Annual Meeting

    Nurse-Led Patient Navigation Program Improves Cancer Survival

    Patient navigation programs can help to improve outcomes and reduce disparities; however, little is known about their effects on clinical outcomes, such as survival. In a retrospective, cohort study, a nurse-led patient navigation program was initiated to assess 12-month survival outcomes. The researchers presented the study at the ASCO Annual Meeting.
    June 04, 2016
    Access to Cancer Care

    Oncology Nurses Have Important Roles in Clinical Trial Access and Enrollment

    When President Obama announced the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative during his State of the Union address in January 2016, he set lofty goals for oncology professionals. One of those goals called for increased access to and participation in clinical trials. Clinical trial data are integral in getting cutting-edge treatments to market, where they can help improve cancer care. However, many patients aren’t fully educated about the efficacy of these new forms of treatment and what these trials entail.
    May 27, 2016
    Oncology patient financial advocacy
    Coordinated care

    The Case of the Looming Medical Bankruptcy

    Marcie, age 34, comes to the outpatient infusion center to receive her final cycle of chemotherapy for ovarian cancer. Jared, one of the infusion nurses, notices that Marcie appears unusually withdrawn. When questioned, she tearfully explains that she and her husband are considering bankruptcy.
    January 19, 2016
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    Breast cancer

    Online Tool Helps Women With Mammogram Decisions

    The advice women get from expert panels differs on when and how often they should have mammograms. Many groups now advise a woman in her 40s to make an individual decision by talking with her healthcare provider about the pros and cons of mammography as well as her individual risk.
    January 19, 2016
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    Adverse events

    What Do Oncology Nurses Need to Know About Blood Transfusions for Anemia?

    Approximately 90% of patients with cancer experience anemia because of disease process, treatment side effects, or coexisting conditions.
    June 02, 2015
    Care coordination

    Nurse Practitioners Are Oncology's Best Kept Secret

    “She is super smart, highly qualified, and handpicked by your physician.” Our patient care coordinator often says this when she's on the phone talking face-to-face with patients to set up their next office visit. She encourages patients to accept their upcoming appointment with our nurse practitioner.
    May 07, 2015
    Understanding cancer risks and options
    Cancer risk factors

    A Calculated Risk

    People with a presumed hereditary risk for cancer have more options than ever when it comes to calculating the reality of that risk. The possibilities are both empowering and daunting. What tests are they eligible for? Will insurance cover the testing? And what implications do the results have?
    December 03, 2013
    Developing cancer survivor care plans
    Coordinated care

    Develop a Care Plan to Meet Specific Survivor Needs

    As discussed in the March 2012 ONS Connect Up Front article, “Life After Cancer,” the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer standards will require all of its accredited facilities to have survivorship care plans in place by 2015.
    May 14, 2013
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    Coordinated care

    Get an Overview of a Successful Oncology Nurse Navigator Program

    In their Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing article, Horner et al. described the oncology nurse navigator program at their institution, addressing the specific roles of nurse navigators, required training, resources involved, and lessons learned.
    March 12, 2013
    Nurse navigators improve quality of patient care
    Care coordination

    Nurse Navigators

    Although nurses have always helped patients through the bewildering process of diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, formalizing these tasks into a specific role improves outcomes, saves lives, and decreases costs.
    March 05, 2013
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