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Nurse-Driven Website Empowers Nurses to Improve Patient CareImproving communication, building relationships, coordinating activities among units, and engaging staff members are not only ways to create a more positive working environment, they are critical for maintaining patient safety.
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Carlton Brown Describes the ONS Social Media EffortsOncology Nursing Society President Carlton Brown Describes the ONS Social Media Efforts
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Halle Moore On Breast Cancer Survivorship IssuesHalle Moore, MD, medical oncologist, Cleveland Clinic, discusses survivorship issues and symptoms that breast cancer survivors face.
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Yuhong Dong on the Benefits of Falun Gong for Patients With Terminal CancerYuhong Dong, MD, PhD, clinical researcher at Novartis, discusses the benefits of practicing Falun Gong for patients with terminal cancer.
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Adam Dicker on How Nurses Help Combat “White Coat Syndrome”Adam Dicker explains the benefit of nurses when communicating with patients, and how they help to combat "white coat syndrome."
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Today's Nurse Navigator: Educating and Advocating for Cancer PatientsAs both patient advocate and educator, the ONN partners with physicians to help support the cancer patient's journey throughout the course of disease, with the ultimate goal of improving care and outcomes.
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Genetic Testing May Add Confusion to Treatment DecisionsAs genetic testing becomes increasingly available, there will be a growing gap between the wide availability of testing and the relative importance of results to treatment decisions. In the current environment, there's more promise in precision medicine than practical applications in the exam room.
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Oncology Nurses on the Frontlines of Immunotherapy CareCancer immunotherapies continue to show promising clinical outcomes, notably long-lasting remission, for an increasing number of malignancies.
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Expert Discusses the Safety of VemurafenibAt the 2019 Hairy Cell Leukemia Foundation Annual Conference new findings showed promise in the safety of vemurafenib to treat patients with hairy cell leukemia.
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Novel Agents, Earlier Diagnosis Driving Survival Gains in CLLThe median overall survival for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia has more than tripled since the 1970s, primarily due to an ever-expanding armamentarium of novel agents and earlier diagnosis.
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Donna L. Berry on Decision Support for Men With Prostate CancerDonna L. Berry, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Director, Phyllis F. Cantor Center for Research in Nursing & Patient Care Services, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, discusses decision support for men with localized prostate cancer.
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Jessica Goldberg Discusses the Lessons Learned from Creating a Self-Management Intervention for Cancer PatientsJessica Goldberg, MSN, adult gerontology nurse practitioner, fellow in palliative medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the results of a study in which a cancer self-management intervention was created for patients with breast cancer.
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SABCS 2010: Obesity Ups Risk of Recurrence for Some Women With HER2-Negative Breast CancerBeing obese at the time operable breast cancer is diagnosed is associated with inferior outcomes in women with estrogen receptor (ER) or progesterone receptor (PR)positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.
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Clinical Trials Are Key in Identifying, Eliminating Cancer DisparitiesDue to their strict regulations, clinical trials eliminate room for discriminatory practices, and can lend insight to disparities among groups.
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Michael Mauro Discusses Therapy-Free CML RemissionMichael Mauro, MD, hematologist and leader of the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses cessation of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) treatment for therapy-free remission.Â
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Immunotherapy-Related MyocarditisNurses should be aware of patients who are at risk for immunotherapy-related myocarditis.
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Compassion Fatigue: When Caring Takes Its TollEvery day, oncology nurses provide care to patients who rely on them not only for their physical care, but also emotional and even spiritual care.
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New Findings Could Change the Everyday Treatment of Patients With Advanced Prostate CancerFor patients with advanced prostate cancer, new findings from the CARD trial could change their daily treatment.
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Caregivers, Healthcare Workers, and Patients Up in Arms Against the FluCaregivers of people with cancer should get flu shots.
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Oliver Sartor Discusses Clinical Use of Radium-223Oliver Sartor, MD, Medical Director Tulane Cancer Center, discusses when he administers Radium-223 in his practice.
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Tools to Help Patients Navigate Their Treatment PathMonica Knoll is no stranger to cancer. Her sister is a breast cancer survivor and her father died from esophageal cancer. Still, she was not prepared for a breast cancer diagnosis in 2000
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Sandra Allen-Bard on Quality of Life Issues for Patients with MPNSandra Allen-Bard, MSN, ANCC, AOCNP, of Weill Cornell Medical Center, discusses the impact myeloproliferative neoplasms can have on patients' quality of life.
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Oncology Nurses in Fund-RaisingThe call bell light in room 12-204 was the first to go off at the crack of dawn, breaking the serene silence of the floor. “I need to shower so I can see the race!” the patient exclaimed.
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E. David Crawford on the Side Effects of Treatments for Prostate CancerE. David Crawford, MD, professor of radiation oncology University of Colorado Denver, discusses the potential side effects of frequently used prostate cancer treatments.
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Norman E. Sharpless Discusses Sunscreen and MelanomaNorman E. Sharpless, MD, Professor of Medicine & Genetics Chair, The Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses a recent study that evaluated sunscreen’s effectiveness in reducing melanoma risk.
