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    Innovative Oncology Nurses Break Down Communication Barriers for Patients Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
    Special Populations
    Innovative Oncology Nurses Break Down Communication Barriers for Patients Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
    March 10, 2023
    How I Practice Mindfulness as an Oncology Nurse
    Nurse well-being
    How I Practice Mindfulness as an Oncology Nurse
    March 03, 2023
    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
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    Engaging Community Health Workers Reduces Hospitalizations, Increases Psychosocial, Palliative, and EOL Care
    End of life (EOL)

    Engaging Community Health Workers Reduces Hospitalizations, Increases Psychosocial, Palliative, and EOL Care

    Patients with advanced cancer who met with community health workers between their regular cancer care appointments were less likely to require acute care and more likely to participate in advance care planning and receive mental health, palliative, and hospice care, according to study findings published in JAMA Oncology.

    December 07, 2022
    Help Your Patients Prepare for the End From the Beginning
    Hospice

    Help Your Patients Prepare for the End From the Beginning

    Few things carry more stigma in the United States than death and hospice. Death is familiar in oncology, yet providers may not discuss it with patients until their cancer has progressed to the point that medical intervention is no longer an option. With the American Cancer Society estimating more than 600,000 American deaths from cancer in 2022, it’s time to change our practice.

    November 24, 2022
    Senators Baldwin, Capito Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Palliative and Hospice Care
    Palliative care

    Senators Baldwin, Capito Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Palliative and Hospice Care

    The Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), an ONS health policy priority that supports both patients and the profession, returned to the U.S. Senate floor in May 2022. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced the bill to improve and sustain the workforce and the well-being of patients and their families with life-threatening illnesses.  

    June 14, 2022
    Break Bad News to Patients With This Step-by-Step Guide
    Advanced Practice Nursing (APRN)

    Break Bad News to Patients With This Step-by-Step Guide

    When hearing results from blood work or repeat imaging—regardless of whether they are “good” or “bad”—patients want and deserve to be given information truthfully and objectively. Oncology advanced practice providers are often the bearers of bad news, which can be uncomfortable and stressful. But here’s how you can hold those conversations with finesse, empathy, and respect.

    January 13, 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
    Legislators Call for Improvement in Palliative Care and Hospice Workforce
    Hospice

    Legislators Call for Improvement in Palliative Care and Hospice Workforce

    Legislators across the United States are recognizing what ONS has advocated for more than a decade: the need for improved access to and better understanding of palliative and hospice care. In September 2021, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Representative Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) voiced their support for palliative care through a letter to the U.S. Congress.

    October 13, 2021
    Managing COVID-19 and Cancer Requires Enhanced Palliative Care Skills
    COVID-19

    Managing COVID-19 and Cancer Requires Enhanced Palliative Care Skills

    Introducing palliative care from the moment of diagnosis is an essential component of comprehensive care, but it becomes even more critical when patients contract the COVID-19 coronavirus during treatment.  

    June 08, 2021
    When Everything Still Isn't Enough
    Advance care planning

    When Everything Still Isn't Enough

    Last year, I was involved in the care of Emma (not her real name), a 22-year-old woman with duodenal adenocarcinoma. Cancers of the small intestine are very rare, accounting for less than 1% of all cancers diagnosed in a given year. Because the average age at diagnosis is 66 years, Emma was unusual to have been diagnosed at only 20. But Emma was an exceptional patient in many ways beyond her rare diagnosis: she was remarkably resilient for one so young and came armed with an incredible support system of loved ones.

    April 30, 2021
    Latina, Asian Women With Gynecologic Cancers Are Less Likely to Use Palliative Care
    Research

    Latina, Asian Women With Gynecologic Cancers Are Less Likely to Use Palliative Care

    Only 4%–9% of patients with ovarian or cervical cancer use palliative care, but the numbers are much lower for Hispanic and Asian women than for non-Hispanic White women, according to researchers’ findings reported in Data in Brief.

    April 14, 2021
    ONS Supports Palliative Care, Access to Care in Latest Health Policy Agenda
    Access to Cancer Care

    ONS Supports Palliative Care, Access to Care in Latest Health Policy Agenda

    For its advocacy approach to the 117th U.S. Congress that convened in January, ONS increased its emphasis on palliative care and patient access, developing its 2021 health policy agenda to reflect the evolving healthcare legislation landscape. 

    March 22, 2021
    ELNEC Milestone Marks Transformation of EOL Care for Countless Patients With Cancer
    Oncology nurse education

    ELNEC Milestone Marks Transformation of EOL Care for Countless Patients With Cancer

    More than one million nurses and other professionals have received training in end-of-life (EOL) care through the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) program in the past 20 years, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing reported on November 6, 2020. The training has transformed EOL care around the world, including for patients with cancer.

    November 20, 2020
    The Case of the Delicate Discussion
    Clinical practice

    The Case of the Delicate Discussion

    Over the past three years, Sharon, age 38, has been intermittently receiving treatment for ovarian cancer. She was initially treated with carboplatin and paclitaxel and remained in remission for 20 months. She responded well to second-line therapy (carboplatin, gemcitabine, and bevacizumab), remaining on bevacizumab maintenance until she experienced a relapse eight months later.

    September 15, 2020
    ONS Member Receives ASCO Award for Transforming Cancer Palliative Care
    Press Releases

    ONS Member Receives ASCO Award for Transforming Cancer Palliative Care

    Oncology Nursing Society member Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, director of the division of nursing research and education at City of Hope in Duarte, CA, was one of 14 recipients of an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) special award in April 2020. She received the Walther Cancer Foundation Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Endowed Award and Lecture for her work in palliative care.

    May 08, 2020
    Palliative Care Resources Comfort Nurses Through COVID-19 Stress, Dilemmas, and Grief
    COVID-19

    Palliative Care Resources Comfort Nurses Through COVID-19 Stress, Dilemmas, and Grief

    The concept of providing comfort is at the core of my identity as a nurse, and I have always been drawn to the palliative care component of what we do as oncology nurses. Because it wasn’t part of my roles, I was less confident in my knowledge and understanding of chemotherapy administration, but I often thought, “Palliative care, yeah, I’ve got this!”

    And then I learned how little I knew.

    April 11, 2020
    Nurses Must Include Palliative Care Early for Their Patients
    Palliative care

    Nurses Must Include Palliative Care Early for Their Patients

    At a recent conference I attended, a presenter asked the audience to choose the best treatment option for a case study review. The choices were introduced as three separate viable treatments with the fourth option being “or just refer to palliative care.”

    November 08, 2019
    U.S. House of Representatives Passes Two ONS Priority Bills
    Health Policy

    U.S. House of Representatives Passes Two ONS Priority Bills

    ONS is a critical voice in the advocacy arena, helping to steward bills that are important to the future of oncology nursing practice and successful patient-centered care. On October 28, 2019, two ONS priority bills—the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (H.R. 647) and the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019 (H.R. 728)—passed the U.S. House of Representatives with unanimous bipartisan support.

    November 01, 2019
    Senators Create Bipartisan Comprehensive Care Caucus
    Health Policy

    Senators Create Bipartisan Comprehensive Care Caucus

    After years of confusion, discussion, debate, and dedicated advocacy work, lawmakers are finally understanding what palliative care is—symptom management, not hospice—and how it’s employed in care. The benefits of early palliative interventions for many diseases, including cancer, can improve quality of life for patients as they navigate their diagnoses. To increase awareness and availability of palliative care in practice, Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), John Barrasso, MD (R-WY), Deb Fischer (R-NE), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) launched the bipartisan Senate Comprehensive Care Caucus on July 31, 2019.

    September 01, 2019
    Nurses Advocate for Palliative Care, Drug Parity by Sharing Patient Experiences
    Health Policy

    Nurses Advocate for Palliative Care, Drug Parity by Sharing Patient Experiences

    With our heads held high, Michelle Santizo, RN, PHN, MSN, and I walked right into Capitol Hill, ready to tackle meetings with important members of the U.S. Congress. On that day in July 2019, we spoke with staff members working for the offices of both Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Diane Feinstein (D-CA).

    August 21, 2019
    ONS Signature Legislation, PCHETA, Reintroduced in U.S. Senate
    Health Policy

    ONS Signature Legislation, PCHETA, Reintroduced in U.S. Senate

    The Palliative Care and Hospice Education Training Act (PCHETA) is a key ONS policy priority. After unsuccessfully navigating both chambers of the 115th Congress prior to the 2018 midterm elections, the bill had to begin its legislative journey once again in the new 116th congressional session.

    July 31, 2019
    PCHETA in the Senate; Armed Forces Tobacco Use; Drug Pricing Executive Order
    Health Policy

    PCHETA in the Senate; Armed Forces Tobacco Use; Drug Pricing Executive Order

    An ONS priority bill, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA) emphasizes how providers are educated and trained in palliative care, enabling them to provide a higher level of care to their patients. PCHETA legislation—and its reception on Capitol Hill—has evolved from being misinterpreted as training providers to hasten death to a true understanding that palliative care is patient-centered care, and it provides patients and their family members with further treatment options, symptom management resources, and quality of life. In a display of bipartisanship, Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) reintroduced PCHETA legislation to the Senate floor for consideration.

    July 15, 2019
    CMS Seeks Changes in Telehealth, Palliative Care Payments, and Electronic Health Record Interoperability
    Palliative care

    CMS Seeks Changes in Telehealth, Palliative Care Payments, and Electronic Health Record Interoperability

    In March and April 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued several proposed and final rules that affect patient coverage for cancer-related benefits, payment models, and the paperwork nurses often complete to ensure those benefits are billed correctly.

    June 14, 2019
    PCHETA Is Reintroduced to Congress With Fast Tracked Status
    Palliative care

    PCHETA Is Reintroduced to Congress With Fast Tracked Status

    For more than five years, the cancer advocacy community—along with the larger healthcare environment—has presented and promoted a comprehensive piece of legislation focusing on patient-centered care, palliative care training, and hospice education. Advocates are familiar with the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)—an initiative that contains many of ONS’s policy priorities and one that ONS members have lobbied for on Capitol Hill.

    April 19, 2019
    Smartphone App Helps Patients Manage Cancer Pain
    Pain management

    Smartphone App Helps Patients Manage Cancer Pain

    A smartphone app that monitors patients’ self-reported cancer pain and uses artificial intelligence (AI) to differentiate urgent and non-urgent issues and provide real-time recommendations significantly reduced pain and pain-related hospital admissions, researchers reported in an abstract presented at the November 2018 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium in San Diego, CA.

    March 27, 2019
    New Edition of Palliative Care Guidelines Focus on Inclusivity, Responsibility
    Palliative care

    New Edition of Palliative Care Guidelines Focus on Inclusivity, Responsibility

    Palliative care is a necessary inclusion in the care of all people with a serious illness, no matter the diagnosis or setting, and it’s the responsibility all healthcare providers, including specialty providers in oncology. The National Consensus Project (NCP) expanded on these two key tenets in its new release of the fourth edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care. ONS is one of 80 organizations endorsing the new guidelines.

    November 01, 2018
    An Oncology Nurse’s Primer on the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act
    Cancer health policy

    An Oncology Nurse’s Primer on the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act

    When Senator John McCain (R-AZ) passed away in August 2018 from aggressive glioblastoma just one day after his family announced he stopped treatment, it put a poignant highlight in Washington on a need of which oncology nurses are far too aware: palliative care and hospice. Ideally, palliative care begins at the time of a cancer diagnosis and is aimed at managing symptoms throughout the cancer journey. Hospice begins when a patient’s prognosis is six months or less, yet in most cases, as McCain’s illustrates, patients begin hospice far too close to death. Many point to a lack of awareness and education—for patients and the public as well as oncology nurses and other palliative care providers.

    October 31, 2018
    ONS and Other Groups Ask Nurses to Lead by Example to Promote Advance Care Planning
    Palliative care

    ONS and Other Groups Ask Nurses to Lead by Example to Promote Advance Care Planning

    Advance care planning (ACP) is a process for patients and their families to discuss their wishes and goals of care for treatment and end-of-life care, clarify related values and goals, and state preferences through written documents and medical orders. In situations where a patient’s decision-making capacity is limited, healthcare providers turn to family members to make decisions. When no ACP conversations have occurred between patients and their families, family members are left to make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment without input from the patient or with little knowledge of the patient’s wishes.

    October 25, 2018
    Oncology Nurses Make Impact During ONS’s Hill Days
    Health Policy

    Oncology Nurses Make Impact During ONS’s Hill Days

    The breadth of understanding that can come from a face-to-face conversation is hard to underestimate. More than 100 oncology nurses discovered the power of advocacy, education, and one-on-one conversations during ONS’s 2018 Capitol Hill Days in Washington, DC.

    October 25, 2018
    ONS Member Featured in NCI Supportive and Palliative Care Research Video
    National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    ONS Member Featured in NCI Supportive and Palliative Care Research Video

    The National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a short video featuring ONS member Ann O’Mara, PhD, RN, MPH, program director in the NCI’s Division of Cancer Prevention. She speaks directly about research  projects focusing on supportive and palliative care for patients with cancer. O’Mara specifically highlights a recent study determining the impact of acupuncture on pain for patients with cancer.

    October 22, 2018
    Oncology Nurse Educates Congressional Staff About the Importance of Palliative, Hospice Care
    Palliative care

    Oncology Nurse Educates Congressional Staff About the Importance of Palliative, Hospice Care

    As a hematology and oncology nurse, I’ve seen countless patients in treatment and recovery, and I’ve seen some lose their fight against cancer. In June 2018, I had the privilege to represent ONS as the sole nurse selected to advocate for palliative care with one of ONS’s coalition partners, the Patient Quality of Life Coalition (PQLC), where I was able to share my perspective and the many aspects of my role as a nurse with congressional staff. As the sole practitioner in the five congressional meetings, I provided insight about how nurses interact with patients, particularly during cancer treatment.

    September 11, 2018
    Longstanding NINR Director Retires After Two Decades of Developing Nursing Science
    Research

    Longstanding NINR Director Retires After Two Decades of Developing Nursing Science

    Patricia Grady, RN, PhD, FAAN, has defined a generation of nurse science and patient-centered research, serving as the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) director for more than 23 years. Under her charge, NINR has grown into one of the foremost federal agencies supporting the scope of the nursing research community, driving groundbreaking initiatives and furthering clinical practice.

    August 31, 2018
    Key Federal Health Policy Legislation Updates for 2018
    Health Policy

    Key Federal Health Policy Legislation Updates for 2018

    ’Tis the season. Well, at least in DC, it’s an exciting time. A political year. A long summer recess. A host of bills that are on the verge of passing. We are all aflutter with anticipation of the possibilities. But legislators need to remember who sent them to Washington and for what reason. Advocacy begins at home, and elected officials are heartened by what their constituents request, especially when that legislation is bipartisan and emotional and can affect people’s lives.

    August 01, 2018
    U.S. House Passes Two ONS Priority Bills to Advance Palliative Care and Strengthen Nursing Workforce
    Health Policy

    U.S. House Passes Two ONS Priority Bills to Advance Palliative Care and Strengthen Nursing Workforce

    On July 23, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives passed by voice vote two ONS priority bills that would provide palliative care training, awareness, and research and funding to build the nursing workforce.

    July 24, 2018
    Is Palliative Care the Answer to the Medical Aid in Dying Discussion?
    Palliative care

    Is Palliative Care the Answer to the Medical Aid in Dying Discussion?

    Oncology nurse scientists have pioneered efforts in symptom management research, including palliative and end-of-life care studies. Healthcare providers and researchers have strong consensus that palliative interventions should begin at the time of diagnosis for patients with cancer. The Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing and Oncology Nursing Forum have published excellent articles in nearly every issue on topics of palliative care, quality of life, and symptom management issues. 

    July 18, 2018
    American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting

    Factors Related to Palliative Care Use in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies

    No data exist on current trends and practice patterns for palliative care use among patients with cancer, particularly those with hematologic malignancies. Sikander Ailawadhi, MD, at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, discussed their findings on these trends at the ASH Annual Meeting.

    December 09, 2017
    Involve the Palliative Care Team Early to Minimize Symptom Impact
    Symptom management

    Involve the Palliative Care Team Early to Minimize Symptom Impact

    Patients with cancer experience many feelings: they’re frightened and they’re hopeful, but mostly they’re in a new world. Symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment are taxing on patients’ physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. In some cases, cancer-related symptoms and side effects are so debilitating that providers struggle to manage them just to get patients to a point where they can continue their treatment. Oncology nurses can lead the interprofessional care team to work together to proactively manage symptoms to ensure patients can endure treatment and come out as themselves on the other side. Proper symptom management doesn’t just promote quality of life but the best possible chance for patient survival.

    December 05, 2017
    Advocacy Can Make a Difference
    Health Policy

    Advocacy Can Make a Difference

    As part of its mission, ONS honors and maintains nursing’s historical and essential commitment to advocacy for the public good. Working collaboratively with policymakers, cancer and nursing community advocates, and other stakeholders at the local, state, federal, and international levels, ONS seeks to integrate the nursing perspective throughout the policymaking process and urges that oncology nurses be appointed to all relevant federal panels, committees, commissions, and boards. During its September conference call, the ONS Board of Directors focused on two key areas of ONS advocacy.

    November 02, 2017
    PCHETA and quality care
    Health Policy

    The Impact of PCHETA on the Quality of Cancer Care

    As a national nursing organization with a specialty in cancer care, ONS occupies a unique space in the healthcare public policy environment. When nurses speak, decision makers listen, because nurses are the most trusted healthcare providers. This is not an insignificant fact to those who decide how to implement health policy decisions through law and the regulatory system.

    August 16, 2017
    Oncology Nurse Advisor Navigation Summit

    Best Practices for Managing Patients in Palliative Care

    Palliative care is a patient-centered approach that seeks to optimize quality of life. Advocacy is also important, which includes incorporating patient and family goals into the care plan, promoting communication, actively managing symptoms, promoting and nurturing transcendence and hope, eliminating patients’ and families’ fears of abandonment, and being therapeutically present. At the Oncology Nurse Advisor Navigation Summit, Bonnie Freeman, DNP, RN, ANP, CT, ACHPN, a nurse practitioner in the Department of Supportive Care Medicine at the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA, discussed the best strategies related to palliative care.

    June 16, 2017
    ASCO Annual Meeting

    Up-Front Palliative Care Consultation Associated With Better Outcomes in Advanced Cancer

    Optimal timing for the initiation of specialist palliative care has not been determined. In a study, researchers created a supportive oncology inpatient service that integrates up-front palliative care consultation for certain patients with advanced cancer and compared it to those receiving usual oncologic care with on-demand palliative care consultation. The study’s findings were presented at the ASCO Annual Meeting.

    June 03, 2017
    ASCO Annual Meeting

    Integrated Palliative Care Following HCT Improves Some Psychologic Outcomes

    Hospitalization following hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) can lead to significant psychologic distress for patients. Researchers assessed the impact of an inpatient palliative care intervention on patient reported quality-of-life (QOL), mood, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) six months post-HCT. The researchers presented the study at the ASCO Annual Meeting.

    June 02, 2017
    Palliative care

    NCI Study Finds Early Palliative Care Beneficial

    Most nurses already know and have abundant experience with patients in palliative care. Recently, a National Cancer Institute (NCI) study confirmed that patients who receive early palliative care and standard treatment for advanced cancer have a better quality of life than those patients who do not receive the same interventions. Palliative care has been defined through symptom management, setting goals of care, and providing a variety of support from diagnosis throughout the survivor’s treatment.
    December 01, 2016
    Clinical practice

    Nurses Dispel Myths, Offer Valuable Education About Palliative Care

    In many ways, palliative care is central to oncology nursing. Defined as care provided to maintain or improve the quality of life of those with a serious illness or injury, this holistic, inclusive symptom control care is something oncology nurses provide as part of routine daily practice—even if they do not label this practice as such.
    November 15, 2016
    Affordable Care Act (ACA)

    The Important Health Policy Issues Oncology Nurses Should Know for the 2016 Presidential Election

    The outcome of the 2016 presidential election will usher in a number of changes, as a new administration enters the White House for the first time in eight years. A large focus for both Republicans and Democrats will be on the healthcare industry and its accompanying details.
    September 30, 2016
    Congressman discussing Palliative Care Legislation
    ONS News

    Representing ONS for Palliative Care Legislation

    By Fran Fanning, RN, BS, OCN

    August 18, 2016
    Cancer patient receiving palliative care
    End of life (EOL)

    National Academy of Sciences Podcast on End-of-Life Care

    The National Academies of Sciences has created a new podcast on the subject of end-of-life care. The series will deal with palliative care, patient-provider communication, and coordinated care.
    April 18, 2016
    Hospital emergency room sign
    Clinical practice

    Palliative Care Initiated in the Emergency Department Improves Patients’ Quality of Life

    Patients with advanced cancer often visit the emergency department to seek treatment for acute, distressing symptoms. Researchers conducting a new study have found that initiating palliative care during those visits leads to improved quality of life and does not shorten survival. The findings were published in JAMA Oncology.
    March 15, 2016
    Nursing education

    ONS Members Teach Advanced Courses in Palliative Care in the Middle East

    Health care, specifically oncology, doesn’t adhere to country borders or cultural differences. Cancer, in its many forms, affects millions the world over, and groups like the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) and ONS are working diligently to spread quality cancer care interventions to the region.
    March 11, 2016
    Clinical practice

    Educate the Public About Palliative Care

    My community hospital serves patients from several, small rural counties and many of the patients that I meet do not have a clear understanding of what palliative care is. Many are afraid of this term and by mentioning it, I have turned the conversation into a negative.
    December 23, 2014
    Clinical practice

    Palliative Care Is Not Just for the Dying

    As a certified hospice and palliative care nurse, I was grateful to see the joint response from three nursing organizations that embraced the challenges presented in the IOM report, "Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life," and discussed how palliative nursing can address the key recommendations.
    December 09, 2014
    Benefits of palliative chemotherapy
    Chemotherapy

    Balance Harms and Benefits of Palliative Chemotherapy at End of Life

    The American Society of Clinical Oncology recently identified end-of-life chemotherapy as one of the top-five practices that could improve patients’ care and reduce costs, if stopped.
    May 20, 2014
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