Leah A. Scaramuzzo, MSN, RN-BC, AOCN

A facility in northwest Montana shares its experiences with developing a brachytherapy service and expanding it to include treatment of soft tissue sarcoma.

After a review of practices regarding chemotherapy administration revealed variations across inpatient/outpatient and adult/pediatric settings, a nursing team staged a skills event to standardize practices and procedures for a rural health care organization.

Should aloe vera be used on the skin to prevent radiodermatitis?

Are buretrols vented, therefore causing aerosolization of hazardous drug?

My patient is receiving immunotherapy. What is the best tool for assessing side effects?

Faced with an increasing CLABSI rate on their oncology unit, nurse leaders at this rural Northwest hospital surveyed their staff to identify the changes they needed to make. Implementing those changes resulted in a dramatic improvement in patient care outcomes.

Which organizations recommend incorporating physical activity into cancer care and why?

What is the USP and what do I need to know about it as an oncology nurse?

What is a CCDR clinical trial and how does it differ from clinical trials that test new drugs?