Ongoing concerns exist regarding the dangers inherent when handling cytotoxics, particularly drugs which are in parenteral formulations. On occasions, nurses and medical doctors have been preparing and administrating these drugs in the open spaces of wards in the absence of suitable personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety cabinets. To explore further into the severity of occupational haz...

BACKGROUND Oncology nurses have increased exposure to the prolonged illness, tragedy, loss, and premature death of patients. As a result, they are at higher risk for developing compassion fatigue. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine if use of the Provider Resilience mobile application (PRMA) will improve oncology nurses' professional quality of life. METHODS The quasiexperimenta...

Oncology nurses play a pivotal role in optimizing care provided to patients at the end of life (EOL). Although oncology nurses commonly provide EOL care and witness deaths of patients that they have maintained long-standing relationships with, they are frequently excluded from grief resolution endeavors. With a worldwide shortage of oncology nurses, retention is paramount to ensuring that the c...

Purpose – The potential of current awareness services (CAS) for oncology nurses is considered with special reference to the spectrum of WWW CAS that are available, their benefits and problems, and how these can be linked to the dynamic health environments in which oncology nurses may find themselves. The intention with the article is to show the need for exploring the value of WWW CAS for dynam...

25 With the increase of technology in health care, oncology nurses often are involved in ethical discussions regarding the best use of aggressive interventions for patients. Conflicts between ethical principles and external forces can produce moral distress for oncology nurses caring for people with cancer. Moral distress can impact nurses in significant ways, including mental health and job sa...

When oncology nurses have strong communication skills, they play a pivotal role in influencing patient satisfaction, adherence to plans of care, and overall clinical outcomes. However, research studies indicate that nurses tend to keep communication with patients and families at a superficial, nontherapeutic level. Processes for teaching goals-of-care communication skills and for implementing s...

The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) is celebrating its 40th anniversary, so it seems only fitting that this column focuses on how evidence-based practice (EBP) has evolved for oncology nurses and ONS during the past 40 years. EBP has been around for a very long time. In the famous Notes on Nursing published in 1860, Florence Nightingale noted that, "The most important practical lesson that can b...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe oncology nurses' use of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) clinical practice guidelines for chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) and febrile neutropenia (FN). DESIGN Cross-sectional survey design; descriptive, correlational analysis. SETTING E-mail invitation to Web-based survey. SAMPLE Random sample of 309 Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) members ...

The European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS), in partnership with the Oncology Nursing Association of Turkey (TONA), organised the 9th EONS Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, 18-19 September 2014. The Congress venue was in Harbiye Cultural Centre and Istanbul Military Museum and offered two days of unprecedented scientific, educational, and networking opportunities for all stakeholders active in the...

this survey was performed on 45 oncology nurses in three hospitals, and cancer institute in tehran. the purpose of this study was investigating the stressors during the care of cancer patients and its importance from the oncology nurses’ view. data gathering tool was a questionnaire with 42 questions, according to research specific goals and had two parts. first part included demographic charac...