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When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. EARLY SEPSIS RECOGNITION IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS Frequently diagnosed in ICU settings, sepsis has usually progressed past its early stages once identified. Patients with cancer are at particularly high risk for developing sepsis, and severe septic infections are a factor in at least 8.5% of all cancer-related deaths.1. Sepsis risk in
SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
IMMUNOTHERAPY ONLY GETS BETTER IN NSCLCAUTHOR: JESSICA HERGERT Immunotherapy Only Gets Better in NSCLC. Immunotherapy continues to improve upon the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, and there are more exciting advancements on the horizon. Improving upon the widespread benefit of single-agent and combination immunotherapy by determining optimal patient selection and introducing combinationstargeted
WHAT WOULD YOU DO: SHOULD TOPICAL ANESTHETICS BE USED TO Interventions to reduce the pain of port access should be considered, especially in patients who have a low pain threshold. Several types of anesthetics are available including topical, injectable, and nonpharmacological methods. BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer. DON'T FORGET THE PARTNER OF A PATIENT WITH CANCER Don't Forget the Partner of a Patient With Cancer. Linda Goodfellow, PhD, RN, of Duquesne University, discussing the important role nurses play in supporting the spouses of patients with cancer, a critical, yet often unmet need. Pittsburgh, PA. Family systems theory emphasizes the interrelatedness of family members and their effects on one WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCERAUTHOR: BRITTANYCOTE
When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. EARLY SEPSIS RECOGNITION IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS Frequently diagnosed in ICU settings, sepsis has usually progressed past its early stages once identified. Patients with cancer are at particularly high risk for developing sepsis, and severe septic infections are a factor in at least 8.5% of all cancer-related deaths.1. Sepsis risk in
SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
IMMUNOTHERAPY ONLY GETS BETTER IN NSCLCAUTHOR: JESSICA HERGERT Immunotherapy Only Gets Better in NSCLC. Immunotherapy continues to improve upon the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, and there are more exciting advancements on the horizon. Improving upon the widespread benefit of single-agent and combination immunotherapy by determining optimal patient selection and introducing combinationstargeted
WHAT WOULD YOU DO: SHOULD TOPICAL ANESTHETICS BE USED TO Interventions to reduce the pain of port access should be considered, especially in patients who have a low pain threshold. Several types of anesthetics are available including topical, injectable, and nonpharmacological methods. BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer. DON'T FORGET THE PARTNER OF A PATIENT WITH CANCER Don't Forget the Partner of a Patient With Cancer. Linda Goodfellow, PhD, RN, of Duquesne University, discussing the important role nurses play in supporting the spouses of patients with cancer, a critical, yet often unmet need. Pittsburgh, PA. Family systems theory emphasizes the interrelatedness of family members and their effects on one TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
END-OF-LIFE CARE POSES PROS AND CONS FOR CLINICIANS End-of-Life Care Poses Pros and Cons for Clinicians. A recent study analyzed the benefits and work-related stressors of end-of-life care. Providing end-of-life care for patients with cancer can be both rewarding and challenging for oncology nurses. A multidisciplinary approach is crucial to ensuring high-quality care and mitigatingwork-related
THE NURSES' ROLE IN A CLINICAL TRIAL: EVERYONE IS INVOLVED Nurses can serve in a variety of roles when it comes to clinical trials — from being a research nurse or a vital piece of the multidisciplinary team, according to Maria Hendricks, MSN, RN. “Each and every one of you is involved in the care of a research patient. Your role is integral in the success of how we treat our patientsmoving
FLOAT THERAPY: A NEW TREND IN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE Float therapy, also known as restricted environment stimulation technique (REST), is gaining popularity in integrative medicine. With this, a person floats in a tank, (also called an isolation tank, float pod, or float pool) located inside a private room where the individual is in a relaxed and restful state. 2 Float therapy is commonly used in AGENT ORANGE POTENTIALLY LINKED TO MYELOPROLIFERATIVE Ann Brazeau. Ann Brazeau. Exposure to Agent Orange — a toxic chemical combination used for deforestation during the Vietnam War — may be the cause of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) for hundreds of war veterans, according to MPN Advocacy and Education International. “There was evidence very early that its use to exfoliate the jungle COMPASSION FATIGUE: WHEN CARING TAKES ITS TOLL Figley 3 defined compassion fatigue as a state of tension and preoccupation with the individual or cumulative traumas of clients. Oncology nurses expend a tremendous amount of energy and concern over the long term as they care for patients who may or may not recover from their illness. Compassion fatigue may not happen with the care of1
GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an WHAT WOULD YOU DO: SHOULD TOPICAL ANESTHETICS BE USED TO Interventions to reduce the pain of port access should be considered, especially in patients who have a low pain threshold. Several types of anesthetics are available including topical, injectable, and nonpharmacological methods. PATIENT BLOG: SHARING MY STORY OF BLADDER CANCER TO HELP July 25, 2014. Rick Bulifant. Rick Bulifant. Rick Bulifant shares his bladder cancer story. This part of my story starts in May of 2012. One day I was pausing for a quick bathroom break at the office. As I finished up at the urinal I looked down to zip up. Floating in the sea of yellow was a lone black spec about the size of a flake of pepper. WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCERAUTHOR: BRITTANYCOTE
When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. EARLY SEPSIS RECOGNITION IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS Frequently diagnosed in ICU settings, sepsis has usually progressed past its early stages once identified. Patients with cancer are at particularly high risk for developing sepsis, and severe septic infections are a factor in at least 8.5% of all cancer-related deaths.1. Sepsis risk in
SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
IMMUNOTHERAPY ONLY GETS BETTER IN NSCLCAUTHOR: JESSICA HERGERT Immunotherapy Only Gets Better in NSCLC. Immunotherapy continues to improve upon the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, and there are more exciting advancements on the horizon. Improving upon the widespread benefit of single-agent and combination immunotherapy by determining optimal patient selection and introducing combinationstargeted
WHAT WOULD YOU DO: SHOULD TOPICAL ANESTHETICS BE USED TO Interventions to reduce the pain of port access should be considered, especially in patients who have a low pain threshold. Several types of anesthetics are available including topical, injectable, and nonpharmacological methods. BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer. DON'T FORGET THE PARTNER OF A PATIENT WITH CANCER Don't Forget the Partner of a Patient With Cancer. Linda Goodfellow, PhD, RN, of Duquesne University, discussing the important role nurses play in supporting the spouses of patients with cancer, a critical, yet often unmet need. Pittsburgh, PA. Family systems theory emphasizes the interrelatedness of family members and their effects on one WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCERAUTHOR: BRITTANYCOTE
When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. EARLY SEPSIS RECOGNITION IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS Frequently diagnosed in ICU settings, sepsis has usually progressed past its early stages once identified. Patients with cancer are at particularly high risk for developing sepsis, and severe septic infections are a factor in at least 8.5% of all cancer-related deaths.1. Sepsis risk in
SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
IMMUNOTHERAPY ONLY GETS BETTER IN NSCLCAUTHOR: JESSICA HERGERT Immunotherapy Only Gets Better in NSCLC. Immunotherapy continues to improve upon the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, and there are more exciting advancements on the horizon. Improving upon the widespread benefit of single-agent and combination immunotherapy by determining optimal patient selection and introducing combinationstargeted
WHAT WOULD YOU DO: SHOULD TOPICAL ANESTHETICS BE USED TO Interventions to reduce the pain of port access should be considered, especially in patients who have a low pain threshold. Several types of anesthetics are available including topical, injectable, and nonpharmacological methods. BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer. DON'T FORGET THE PARTNER OF A PATIENT WITH CANCER Don't Forget the Partner of a Patient With Cancer. Linda Goodfellow, PhD, RN, of Duquesne University, discussing the important role nurses play in supporting the spouses of patients with cancer, a critical, yet often unmet need. Pittsburgh, PA. Family systems theory emphasizes the interrelatedness of family members and their effects on one TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
END-OF-LIFE CARE POSES PROS AND CONS FOR CLINICIANS End-of-Life Care Poses Pros and Cons for Clinicians. A recent study analyzed the benefits and work-related stressors of end-of-life care. Providing end-of-life care for patients with cancer can be both rewarding and challenging for oncology nurses. A multidisciplinary approach is crucial to ensuring high-quality care and mitigatingwork-related
THE NURSES' ROLE IN A CLINICAL TRIAL: EVERYONE IS INVOLVED Nurses can serve in a variety of roles when it comes to clinical trials — from being a research nurse or a vital piece of the multidisciplinary team, according to Maria Hendricks, MSN, RN. “Each and every one of you is involved in the care of a research patient. Your role is integral in the success of how we treat our patientsmoving
FLOAT THERAPY: A NEW TREND IN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE Float therapy, also known as restricted environment stimulation technique (REST), is gaining popularity in integrative medicine. With this, a person floats in a tank, (also called an isolation tank, float pod, or float pool) located inside a private room where the individual is in a relaxed and restful state. 2 Float therapy is commonly used in AGENT ORANGE POTENTIALLY LINKED TO MYELOPROLIFERATIVE Ann Brazeau. Ann Brazeau. Exposure to Agent Orange — a toxic chemical combination used for deforestation during the Vietnam War — may be the cause of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) for hundreds of war veterans, according to MPN Advocacy and Education International. “There was evidence very early that its use to exfoliate the jungle COMPASSION FATIGUE: WHEN CARING TAKES ITS TOLL Figley 3 defined compassion fatigue as a state of tension and preoccupation with the individual or cumulative traumas of clients. Oncology nurses expend a tremendous amount of energy and concern over the long term as they care for patients who may or may not recover from their illness. Compassion fatigue may not happen with the care of1
GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an WHAT WOULD YOU DO: SHOULD TOPICAL ANESTHETICS BE USED TO Interventions to reduce the pain of port access should be considered, especially in patients who have a low pain threshold. Several types of anesthetics are available including topical, injectable, and nonpharmacological methods. PATIENT BLOG: SHARING MY STORY OF BLADDER CANCER TO HELP July 25, 2014. Rick Bulifant. Rick Bulifant. Rick Bulifant shares his bladder cancer story. This part of my story starts in May of 2012. One day I was pausing for a quick bathroom break at the office. As I finished up at the urinal I looked down to zip up. Floating in the sea of yellow was a lone black spec about the size of a flake of pepper. MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed THE NURSES' ROLE IN A CLINICAL TRIAL: EVERYONE IS INVOLVED Nurses can serve in a variety of roles when it comes to clinical trials — from being a research nurse or a vital piece of the multidisciplinary team, according to Maria Hendricks, MSN, RN. “Each and every one of you is involved in the care of a research patient. Your role is integral in the success of how we treat our patientsmoving
EARLY SEPSIS RECOGNITION IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS Frequently diagnosed in ICU settings, sepsis has usually progressed past its early stages once identified. Patients with cancer are at particularly high risk for developing sepsis, and severe septic infections are a factor in at least 8.5% of all cancer-related deaths.1. Sepsis risk in
IMMUNOTHERAPY ONLY GETS BETTER IN NSCLCAUTHOR: JESSICA HERGERT Immunotherapy Only Gets Better in NSCLC. Immunotherapy continues to improve upon the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, and there are more exciting advancements on the horizon. Improving upon the widespread benefit of single-agent and combination immunotherapy by determining optimal patient selection and introducing combinationstargeted
THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
AGENT ORANGE POTENTIALLY LINKED TO MYELOPROLIFERATIVE Ann Brazeau. Ann Brazeau. Exposure to Agent Orange — a toxic chemical combination used for deforestation during the Vietnam War — may be the cause of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) for hundreds of war veterans, according to MPN Advocacy and Education International. “There was evidence very early that its use to exfoliate the jungle BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer. MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed THE NURSES' ROLE IN A CLINICAL TRIAL: EVERYONE IS INVOLVED Nurses can serve in a variety of roles when it comes to clinical trials — from being a research nurse or a vital piece of the multidisciplinary team, according to Maria Hendricks, MSN, RN. “Each and every one of you is involved in the care of a research patient. Your role is integral in the success of how we treat our patientsmoving
EARLY SEPSIS RECOGNITION IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS Frequently diagnosed in ICU settings, sepsis has usually progressed past its early stages once identified. Patients with cancer are at particularly high risk for developing sepsis, and severe septic infections are a factor in at least 8.5% of all cancer-related deaths.1. Sepsis risk in
IMMUNOTHERAPY ONLY GETS BETTER IN NSCLCAUTHOR: JESSICA HERGERT Immunotherapy Only Gets Better in NSCLC. Immunotherapy continues to improve upon the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, and there are more exciting advancements on the horizon. Improving upon the widespread benefit of single-agent and combination immunotherapy by determining optimal patient selection and introducing combinationstargeted
THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
AGENT ORANGE POTENTIALLY LINKED TO MYELOPROLIFERATIVE Ann Brazeau. Ann Brazeau. Exposure to Agent Orange — a toxic chemical combination used for deforestation during the Vietnam War — may be the cause of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) for hundreds of war veterans, according to MPN Advocacy and Education International. “There was evidence very early that its use to exfoliate the jungle BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer. IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changedKNOW YOUR PORTS
A port is typically placed on the right side of the patient’s chest and about 3 to 5 fingerbreadths below the clavicle. The insertion scar provides a useful landmark, because the port is usually located 0.5 to 1 inch below the surgical incision. Bringing a patient who has large amounts of breast tissue to a fully upright position, with the SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes NURSES MUST ADAPT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A DIVERSE PATIENT Culture is the learned, shared, and transmitted knowledge of a particular group’s values, beliefs, and lifeways that is transmitted intergenerationally and influences thinking, decisions, and actions.2 Sound knowledge of diverse cultures helps strengthen the nurse—patient relationship. Nurses must understand cultural practices in order to IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE THROUGH EDUCATION Improving Palliative Care Through Education. Program bridges a knowledge gap in nursing. The care of patients with cancer has come a long way since Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, RN, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN, began her career in nursing. Back then, dedicated units for treating patients with cancer were a novel, even controversial, concept. FLOAT THERAPY: A NEW TREND IN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE Float therapy, also known as restricted environment stimulation technique (REST), is gaining popularity in integrative medicine. With this, a person floats in a tank, (also called an isolation tank, float pod, or float pool) located inside a private room where the individual is in a relaxed and restful state. 2 Float therapy is commonly used in THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. A SPOONFUL OF HONEY? NEW FINDINGS SHED LIGHT ON ITS ROLE A Spoonful of Honey? New Findings Shed Light on Its Role in Relieving Esophagitis Pain. September 18, 2014. Christina Izzo. Christina Izzo. New patient-reported data presented at the 2014 ASTRO Annual Meeting has shown that Manuka honey is not more effective than standard medical care for the treatment of esophagitis pain during radiationtherapy.
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed EARLY SEPSIS RECOGNITION IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS Frequently diagnosed in ICU settings, sepsis has usually progressed past its early stages once identified. Patients with cancer are at particularly high risk for developing sepsis, and severe septic infections are a factor in at least 8.5% of all cancer-related deaths.1. Sepsis risk in
AS NURSES, WE MUST ADVOCATE FOR OURSELVES This is the second in a series of 3 articles about nurses as advocates. Nurses must advocate for our own roles. We must influence support systems so we are able to provide safe and effective care for patients, which is a top priority in our work. Practices and policies in the workplace can dramatically impact a nurse’s ability toprovide care
SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
IMMUNOTHERAPY ONLY GETS BETTER IN NSCLC Immunotherapy Only Gets Better in NSCLC. Immunotherapy continues to improve upon the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, and there are more exciting advancements on the horizon. Improving upon the widespread benefit of single-agent and combination immunotherapy by determining optimal patient selection and introducing combinationstargeted
BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer. MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed EARLY SEPSIS RECOGNITION IN OUTPATIENT SETTINGS Frequently diagnosed in ICU settings, sepsis has usually progressed past its early stages once identified. Patients with cancer are at particularly high risk for developing sepsis, and severe septic infections are a factor in at least 8.5% of all cancer-related deaths.1. Sepsis risk in
AS NURSES, WE MUST ADVOCATE FOR OURSELVES This is the second in a series of 3 articles about nurses as advocates. Nurses must advocate for our own roles. We must influence support systems so we are able to provide safe and effective care for patients, which is a top priority in our work. Practices and policies in the workplace can dramatically impact a nurse’s ability toprovide care
SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
IMMUNOTHERAPY ONLY GETS BETTER IN NSCLC Immunotherapy Only Gets Better in NSCLC. Immunotherapy continues to improve upon the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, and there are more exciting advancements on the horizon. Improving upon the widespread benefit of single-agent and combination immunotherapy by determining optimal patient selection and introducing combinationstargeted
BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer.KNOW YOUR PORTS
A port is typically placed on the right side of the patient’s chest and about 3 to 5 fingerbreadths below the clavicle. The insertion scar provides a useful landmark, because the port is usually located 0.5 to 1 inch below the surgical incision. Bringing a patient who has large amounts of breast tissue to a fully upright position, with the WHY CHOOSE ONCOLOGY AS A CAREER PATH? The oncology field is a one-stop shop of career prospects, from bedside nursing to coordination of care, education, research, leadership, and so much more. The opportunities for nurses in oncology are endless. With all of the great medical advances, technologies and opportunities available to be an expert in the field, my all-timefavorite
END-OF-LIFE CARE POSES PROS AND CONS FOR CLINICIANS End-of-Life Care Poses Pros and Cons for Clinicians. A recent study analyzed the benefits and work-related stressors of end-of-life care. Providing end-of-life care for patients with cancer can be both rewarding and challenging for oncology nurses. A multidisciplinary approach is crucial to ensuring high-quality care and mitigatingwork-related
SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes IMPLEMENTATION OF MODIFIED PRIMARY NURSING IN AN The expected outcomes are to increase patient and staff satisfaction, establish efficiency in the workplace, and improve patient safety. 4,6 Modified primary nursing (MPN) is the care delivery model for the MSHRCC. It provides an explanation for the manner in which care is planned and delivered, the required skill sets, and expected outcomes. FLOAT THERAPY: A NEW TREND IN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE Float therapy, also known as restricted environment stimulation technique (REST), is gaining popularity in integrative medicine. With this, a person floats in a tank, (also called an isolation tank, float pod, or float pool) located inside a private room where the individual is in a relaxed and restful state. 2 Float therapy is commonly used in THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
PATIENT-NURSE COMMUNICATION IS KEY IN OVARIAN CANCER Patient-Nurse Communication Is Key in Ovarian Cancer. Oncology nurses must discuss treatment options and adverse events with their patients who have ovarian cancer. Having honest conversations about treatment choices and adverse events is key for oncology nurses treating patients with ovarian cancer, explained Paula Anastasia, MN, RN, CNS,AOCN.
A SPOONFUL OF HONEY? NEW FINDINGS SHED LIGHT ON ITS ROLE A Spoonful of Honey? New Findings Shed Light on Its Role in Relieving Esophagitis Pain. September 18, 2014. Christina Izzo. Christina Izzo. New patient-reported data presented at the 2014 ASTRO Annual Meeting has shown that Manuka honey is not more effective than standard medical care for the treatment of esophagitis pain during radiationtherapy.
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an NURSES LACKING EDUCATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE EXPERIENCE Nurses Lacking Education in Palliative Care Experience Moral Distress. New findings show that while nurses need to provide more palliative care to patients, they are not prepared to do so, leading to high levels of moral distress. In a recent study titled, “Palliative Care and Moral Distress: An Institutional Survey of Critical Care Nurses INFORMATION IS GIVING OUT, COMMUNICATION IS GETTING THROUGH Harris, who died in 1986, astutely noted that “information is giving out and communication is getting through.”. Effective communication is an interactive process, with both parties mutually engaged in the conversation. However, all too often our interactions are anything but effective—and in oncology practice, poor communication with AGENT ORANGE POTENTIALLY LINKED TO MYELOPROLIFERATIVE Ann Brazeau. Ann Brazeau. Exposure to Agent Orange — a toxic chemical combination used for deforestation during the Vietnam War — may be the cause of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) for hundreds of war veterans, according to MPN Advocacy and Education International. “There was evidence very early that its use to exfoliate the jungle THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an NURSES LACKING EDUCATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE EXPERIENCE Nurses Lacking Education in Palliative Care Experience Moral Distress. New findings show that while nurses need to provide more palliative care to patients, they are not prepared to do so, leading to high levels of moral distress. In a recent study titled, “Palliative Care and Moral Distress: An Institutional Survey of Critical Care Nurses INFORMATION IS GIVING OUT, COMMUNICATION IS GETTING THROUGH Harris, who died in 1986, astutely noted that “information is giving out and communication is getting through.”. Effective communication is an interactive process, with both parties mutually engaged in the conversation. However, all too often our interactions are anything but effective—and in oncology practice, poor communication with AGENT ORANGE POTENTIALLY LINKED TO MYELOPROLIFERATIVE Ann Brazeau. Ann Brazeau. Exposure to Agent Orange — a toxic chemical combination used for deforestation during the Vietnam War — may be the cause of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) for hundreds of war veterans, according to MPN Advocacy and Education International. “There was evidence very early that its use to exfoliate the jungle THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. ONCOLOGY NURSES: STANDING IN THE GAP Now oncology nurses are experiencing high levels of stress, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and even burnout on top of new pandemic pressures. But most continue to uphold their commitment to providing quality patient care while remaining loyal to TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questionsALL NEWS
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AS NURSES, WE MUST ADVOCATE FOR OURSELVES This is the second in a series of 3 articles about nurses as advocates. Nurses must advocate for our own roles. We must influence support systems so we are able to provide safe and effective care for patients, which is a top priority in our work. Practices and policies in the workplace can dramatically impact a nurse’s ability toprovide care
INFORMATION IS GIVING OUT, COMMUNICATION IS GETTING THROUGH Harris, who died in 1986, astutely noted that “information is giving out and communication is getting through.”. Effective communication is an interactive process, with both parties mutually engaged in the conversation. However, all too often our interactions are anything but effective—and in oncology practice, poor communication with GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an TRAINING & ELEARNING RESOURCES NURSE NAVIGATORS WON'T WANT Educational links and training programs you will want to check out: Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute. Colorado Patient Navigator Training. Breast Patient Navigator Certification Program (National Consortium of Breast Centers) Training for Cancer Care Nurse Navigators and Cancer Services Navigators. BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. NURSES FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE AFTER RETIREMENT Nurses Find Meaning and Purpose After Retirement. March 24, 2018. Katie Kosko. Katie Kosko. Oncology Nursing News, March 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2. A new book delves into re-creating life after leaving a traditional nursing job. Joanne Evans’ new beginning—as she likes to call it—began after she retired from her 45-year nursing career. THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
FDA UPDATES ROMIPLOSTIM LABEL FOR ITP TREATMENT The FDA has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for romiplostim (Nplate), updating its label to include data demonstrating sustained platelet responses in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Romiplostim is approved for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed or persistent (ITP) who have hadan
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. NURSES FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE AFTER RETIREMENT Nurses Find Meaning and Purpose After Retirement. March 24, 2018. Katie Kosko. Katie Kosko. Oncology Nursing News, March 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2. A new book delves into re-creating life after leaving a traditional nursing job. Joanne Evans’ new beginning—as she likes to call it—began after she retired from her 45-year nursing career. THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
FDA UPDATES ROMIPLOSTIM LABEL FOR ITP TREATMENT The FDA has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for romiplostim (Nplate), updating its label to include data demonstrating sustained platelet responses in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Romiplostim is approved for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed or persistent (ITP) who have hadan
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
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TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
FROM NURSE TO FREELANCE WRITER From Nurse to Freelance Writer. Ashley Hay, BSN, RN, crafts a successful career away from the bedside. A diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency as a teenager, and later of autoimmune disease, didn’t discourage Ashley Hay, BSN, RN, from pursuing her dreams. Maintaining a positive attitude helped her circumvent professionalroadblocks while
NURSES LACKING EDUCATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE EXPERIENCE Nurses Lacking Education in Palliative Care Experience Moral Distress. New findings show that while nurses need to provide more palliative care to patients, they are not prepared to do so, leading to high levels of moral distress. In a recent study titled, “Palliative Care and Moral Distress: An Institutional Survey of Critical Care Nurses BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. HOW TO LEAD CHANGE IN NURSING THROUGH POLITICAL ACTION Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018.She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer. MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. NURSES FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE AFTER RETIREMENT Nurses Find Meaning and Purpose After Retirement. March 24, 2018. Katie Kosko. Katie Kosko. Oncology Nursing News, March 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2. A new book delves into re-creating life after leaving a traditional nursing job. Joanne Evans’ new beginning—as she likes to call it—began after she retired from her 45-year nursing career. THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
FDA UPDATES ROMIPLOSTIM LABEL FOR ITP TREATMENT The FDA has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for romiplostim (Nplate), updating its label to include data demonstrating sustained platelet responses in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Romiplostim is approved for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed or persistent (ITP) who have hadan
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. NURSES FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE AFTER RETIREMENT Nurses Find Meaning and Purpose After Retirement. March 24, 2018. Katie Kosko. Katie Kosko. Oncology Nursing News, March 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2. A new book delves into re-creating life after leaving a traditional nursing job. Joanne Evans’ new beginning—as she likes to call it—began after she retired from her 45-year nursing career. THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
FDA UPDATES ROMIPLOSTIM LABEL FOR ITP TREATMENT The FDA has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for romiplostim (Nplate), updating its label to include data demonstrating sustained platelet responses in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Romiplostim is approved for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed or persistent (ITP) who have hadan
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
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TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
FROM NURSE TO FREELANCE WRITER From Nurse to Freelance Writer. Ashley Hay, BSN, RN, crafts a successful career away from the bedside. A diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency as a teenager, and later of autoimmune disease, didn’t discourage Ashley Hay, BSN, RN, from pursuing her dreams. Maintaining a positive attitude helped her circumvent professionalroadblocks while
NURSES LACKING EDUCATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE EXPERIENCE Nurses Lacking Education in Palliative Care Experience Moral Distress. New findings show that while nurses need to provide more palliative care to patients, they are not prepared to do so, leading to high levels of moral distress. In a recent study titled, “Palliative Care and Moral Distress: An Institutional Survey of Critical Care Nurses BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. HOW TO LEAD CHANGE IN NURSING THROUGH POLITICAL ACTION Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018.She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer. MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. NURSES FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE AFTER RETIREMENT Nurses Find Meaning and Purpose After Retirement. March 24, 2018. Katie Kosko. Katie Kosko. Oncology Nursing News, March 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2. A new book delves into re-creating life after leaving a traditional nursing job. Joanne Evans’ new beginning—as she likes to call it—began after she retired from her 45-year nursing career. THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
FDA UPDATES ROMIPLOSTIM LABEL FOR ITP TREATMENT The FDA has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for romiplostim (Nplate), updating its label to include data demonstrating sustained platelet responses in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Romiplostim is approved for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed or persistent (ITP) who have hadan
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. NURSES FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE AFTER RETIREMENT Nurses Find Meaning and Purpose After Retirement. March 24, 2018. Katie Kosko. Katie Kosko. Oncology Nursing News, March 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2. A new book delves into re-creating life after leaving a traditional nursing job. Joanne Evans’ new beginning—as she likes to call it—began after she retired from her 45-year nursing career. THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
FDA UPDATES ROMIPLOSTIM LABEL FOR ITP TREATMENT The FDA has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for romiplostim (Nplate), updating its label to include data demonstrating sustained platelet responses in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Romiplostim is approved for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed or persistent (ITP) who have hadan
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
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TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
FROM NURSE TO FREELANCE WRITER From Nurse to Freelance Writer. Ashley Hay, BSN, RN, crafts a successful career away from the bedside. A diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency as a teenager, and later of autoimmune disease, didn’t discourage Ashley Hay, BSN, RN, from pursuing her dreams. Maintaining a positive attitude helped her circumvent professionalroadblocks while
NURSES LACKING EDUCATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE EXPERIENCE Nurses Lacking Education in Palliative Care Experience Moral Distress. New findings show that while nurses need to provide more palliative care to patients, they are not prepared to do so, leading to high levels of moral distress. In a recent study titled, “Palliative Care and Moral Distress: An Institutional Survey of Critical Care Nurses BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE MANY YEARS LATER Breast cancer that comes back within 5 years of diagnosis is called an early recurrence, and breast cancer that comes back 5 or more years later is a late recurrence. Local recurrence occurs when the cancer recurs in the same localized area of the breast (ipsilateral) as the first tumor, or in the mastectomy/lumpectomy scar. HOW TO LEAD CHANGE IN NURSING THROUGH POLITICAL ACTION Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018.She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. THE LINK BETWEEN GASTRIC ULCERS AND STOMACH CANCER The infection caused by H pylori is also linked to carcinoma or cancer. As a gastric ulcer is an open sore, bacteria can infect it easily. It causes mutations in the DNA and damages the cells of the stomach lining. Long-standing inflammation can lead to chronic inflammation of the stomach and even stomach cancer. MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. NURSES FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE AFTER RETIREMENT Nurses Find Meaning and Purpose After Retirement. March 24, 2018. Katie Kosko. Katie Kosko. Oncology Nursing News, March 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2. A new book delves into re-creating life after leaving a traditional nursing job. Joanne Evans’ new beginning—as she likes to call it—began after she retired from her 45-year nursing career. THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
FDA UPDATES ROMIPLOSTIM LABEL FOR ITP TREATMENT The FDA has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for romiplostim (Nplate), updating its label to include data demonstrating sustained platelet responses in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Romiplostim is approved for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed or persistent (ITP) who have hadan
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively IMMUNOTHERAPY IS RAPIDLY CHANGING NURSING PRACTICE Immunotherapy Is Rapidly Changing Nursing Practice. “New oncology therapies offer nurses a new challenge, and we will accept this challenge.”. It is an exciting time to be an oncology nurse. Over the past several decades, cancer treatment has considerably changed WHEN TO STOP IMMUNOTHERAPY IN METASTATIC LUNG CANCER When to Stop Immunotherapy in Metastatic Lung Cancer: Expert Weighs In. May 27, 2020. Brittany Cote. Brittany Cote. Immunotherapy should be continued for up to 2 years in patients with metastatic lung cancer who are responding to the treatment, unless they experience disease progression or excessive toxicity, according to Gilberto de Lima Lopes TREATING ELDERLY PATIENTS: HOW OLD IS TOO OLD? According to the Census Bureau, 5.7 million people in the United States are aged 80-84 and 5.5 million are aged 85 and older. People are now living longer than ever before. In fact, the Hallmark Cards Company sells 85,000 “Happy 100th Birthday!” cards each year. Treating older patients with cancer is an evolving challenge. SIX WAYS NURSES CAN ADVOCATE FOR PATIENTS Six Ways Nurses Can Advocate for Patients. Alene Nitzky is an oncology nurse, author of Navigating the C: A Nurse Charts the Course for Cancer Survivorship Care, Blue Bayou Press, 2018. She is a cancer exercise trainer and health coach, and is CEO/Founder of Cancer Harbors ®. This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses asadvocates
GIFTS FROM PATIENTS: ACCEPT OR REJECT? The short answer: maybe. Although it is never appropriate for a nurse to accept a gift of a large monetary value—be it an item or cash, a gift card, or tickets to a concert, the theater, or sporting events —smaller tokens of appreciation might be acceptable. Consider the following situation. When I was in my first year of practice as an TAILORING COMMUNICATION TO FIT PATIENTS' LEARNING NEEDS Help Patients Prepare. Encourage your patients to keep a journal of their health experiences. Have them write down questions and keep track of side effects or symptoms. Before visits or calls to providers, remind patients to organize questions and take their journal with them so their notes are accessible. NURSES FIND MEANING AND PURPOSE AFTER RETIREMENT Nurses Find Meaning and Purpose After Retirement. March 24, 2018. Katie Kosko. Katie Kosko. Oncology Nursing News, March 2018, Volume 12, Issue 2. A new book delves into re-creating life after leaving a traditional nursing job. Joanne Evans’ new beginning—as she likes to call it—began after she retired from her 45-year nursing career. THE TREATMENT SHOULD NOT BE WORSE THAN THE DISEASE The Treatment Should Not Be Worse Than the Disease. June 7, 2012. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Lisa Schulmeister, RN, MN, APRN-BC, OCN, FAAN. Oncology Nursing News, May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3. It's commonplace to hear newly diagnosed patients and their families talk about relatives, neighbors, and friends who underwentcancer
FDA UPDATES ROMIPLOSTIM LABEL FOR ITP TREATMENT The FDA has approved a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for romiplostim (Nplate), updating its label to include data demonstrating sustained platelet responses in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). Romiplostim is approved for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed or persistent (ITP) who have hadan
MITIGATING COMPASSION FATIGUE AND NURSE BURNOUT AMID COVID-19 Mitigating Compassion Fatigue and Nurse Burnout Amid COVID-19. Burnout is no new phenomenon in the world of oncology nursing, but the recent COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these feelings. Thankfully, nurses are creating ways to help. When Betty Ferrell, PhD, FAAN, FPCN, began her nursing career in 1977, the concept of burnout was relatively STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE NURSE RESILIENCE Nurses should recognize when it may be appropriate to find other forms of support, such as therapy, mindfulness, or other self-care practices. Maintaining a positive outlook and resiliency takes practice, and involves that nurses are ethically competent, Jakel said. “Make sure that you spend time to build your professionalresiliency.
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