Nurse Navigation: The Ongoing Journey of a Nurse and a Patient
An ONN describes her journey as her role for a patient with FAP transitioned from nurse to navigator to friend to mentor.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
The Nurse as Patient Advocate: What I Did When My Patient Had No Clothes
Patient advocacy can lead nurses to take on great challenges in the course of caring for their patients or to brave the elements to retrieve replacements for a patient’s missing clothes.
A Witness to Letting Go: Nursing Care at the End of Life
A new oncology nurse reflects on the first time she provided comfort care for a patient at the end of life and her family.
Managing Pain in the Crosshairs of an Opioid Crisis and HCAHPS-related Demands
Patient expectations, clinician perception, and institutional objectives create a perfect storm of conflicting interests regarding pain management, especially given the current trend to control opioid use.
Tell me about your prostate cancer symptoms … Will most men talk or walk?
Approximately 97% of men with advanced prostate cancer report being comfortable discussing their symptoms with their health care team. But the number of men who actually do so is significantly lower.
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