Using Education to Understand the Realities of Palliative Care

Emotional intelligence becomes a critical tool for oncology nurses to sharpen when having difficult conversations with patients who received a terminal cancer diagnosis.

Heather Santone breaks down some of the barriers that geriatric patients with cancer face—and how nurse navigators can help them overcome these obstacles.

Oncology nurses can provide patient and provider education about the benefits of stepped palliative care.

Linda Bloom, MPA, RN, OCN, highlights how tools such as audio interpretation technology and clear masks can help nurses and patients overcome communication barriers in oncology.

Assisted reproductive techniques may be safe for patients with BRCA-mutated breast cancer, according to an ESMO study.

For oncology nurses, it is important to advocate for patients and families through ongoing assessments for caregiver burden, financial toxicity, and effective communication that lead to poor decision-making.