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To Better Serve Patients With Cancer, Navigators Need Better Systems
A navigator offers her take on how the ideal EHR system could unify the oncology care team toward the common goal of optimal patient outcomes.
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Issues in Cancer Survivorship
How to Support Cancer Patients and Caregivers in the Workplace
Experts outline ways in which health care providers and employers can support cancer patients and caregivers in the workplace.
Advisor Forum
Creating effective navigation tools for patients
What are the characteristics of successful navigation tools for patients?
Oncology Nursing
Navigation and survivorship: Rationalizing your program costs
The cost of nonbillable nursing hours needed for these programs may hinder compliance. The right technology can link treatment silos and lower this cost.
Oncology Nursing
Patient navigator: A role for nurses that goes beyond clinical care
Cancer care entails a confusing labyrinth of screenings, tests, and treatments. This emerging role for nurses is becoming increasingly vital to achieve ideal patient outcomes.
ONS Annual Congress 2014
Detecting patient distress early improves cancer care
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA—Patients dealing with serious diseases will experience psychosocial distress. A pilot program for early screening patients with breast cancer for distress was described in a presentation at the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) 39th Annual Congress.
Oncology Nursing
When Noncompliance With Cancer Treatment Isn’t Really Noncompliance
The patient seemed to demonstrate typical noncompliance behaviors. Until one day her appearance suggested another explanation, prompting an investigation that revealed a surprising cause.
General Oncology
Trends in Oncology Nursing: A Retrospective of the Past 10 Years
As part of our 10-year anniversary celebration, this article presents a retrospective on how the changes in oncology have influenced the growth of the oncology nurse profession.
General Oncology
Dr Laura Fennimore Shares Her Perspective on the Evolution of Oncology Nursing Practice
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.
Side-Effect Management
Cancer prehabilitation: One step toward improved outcomes
As cancer care evolves toward anticipatory rather than reactionary care, oncology nurses should consider developing important new skills.
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