Access devices have been used for decades to administer the complex treatments and supportive care that oncology nurses deliver daily to patients with cancer. As these devices and other products evolve, nurses need evidence-based methodologies for critiquing their safety and effectiveness.

Policy advocates and researchers are often conceptualized as separate roles that rarely, if ever, cross. However, in reality many researchers may not have started out as policy advocates, but based on their research findings, or use of research findings in practice, have impacted the world of healthcare policy.

A new list of evidence-based recommendations from the American Society of Hematology helps patients and providers understand which hematology-related tests and treatments pose significant harm and cost if overused and therefore should be avoided.