Engaging patients in a CRCMP for CINV allowed for rapid assessment of PROs by a pharmacist, reducing ED visits, hospitalizations, and urgent care use.
ONA speaks with Laura Fennimore, president of the Oncology Nursing Society, about how the oncology nursing field is evolving, what will influence oncology nursing practice, and how a pandemic could affect cancer care.
The editor of Oncology Nurse Advisor reflects on National Nurses Week, the International Year of the Nurse, and 10 years of publication.
Patients with cancer aged 65 and older are likely to be taking 5 or more medications before treatment with IV chemotherapy, which can complicate posttreatment care.
The COVID-19 pandemic is challenging nurses and hospitals to find unique solutions to maintain patient care in an unprecedented situation.
A single-item visual analog scale has been shown to ensure that oncologists’ perceptions and patients’ wishes for end of life care are in agreement.
A 3-cycle Plan-Do-Study-Act intervention resulted in increased nurse and physician education on mucositis and a nurse-driven protocol that reduced MBI-LCBIs by 25%.
Researchers demonstrated the significance of access to supportive and posttrial care as it relates to cancer survival among clinical trial participants.
Fiscal year 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System from CMS includes an increase in the reimbursement rate for CAR-T therapy; however, it falls short of suggestions ASH had submitted to the agency.
