What Is the Role of an Oncology Nurse in Cancer Treatment?
An oncology nurse is vital in cancer care, delivering therapies, monitoring patient responses; and offering education and emotional support.
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The Oncology Nurse: Essential to Clinical Trial Success
Learn about the role of an oncology nurse in clinical trials. It entails education, data collection, regulatory compliance, and more.
The Emotional Impact of Working as an Oncology Nurse
Explore the emotional challenges and rewards of working as an oncology nurse, including compassion fatigue, grief, and coping strategies for resilience and well-being
Working as a Pediatric Oncology Nurse: Challenges and Joys
Explore the world of a pediatric oncology nurse, balancing emotional challenges with the reward of supporting children and families through treatment.
For Patients With Cancer, Hope Changes Everything
I may not have started out wanting to work with patients with cancer, but I'm sure glad I do, and that I can provide hope before despair sets in.
Our Breast Cancer Journeys Created A Special Bond
Some patients make a special impact on you. Rose was one of those patients. We bonded over our breast cancer journeys and the pain and joys they entailed.
Oncology Nursing Takes Patients From Treatment to Survivorship
Oncology nursing has evolved into a specialty that not only involves helping to treat patients with cancer but see them into survivorship and beyond.
Nurse Navigator Touts Proton Therapy and Solid Oncology RN Teams
In her role as a proton therapy nurse navigator at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital, Pam DeLongchamp, BSN, RN, OCN, is fortunate to be able to support oncology patients as they face physical and emotional challenges. And her patients benefit from advanced proton therapy treatments such as Hyperscan.
Oncology case managers help patients, families
There is no such thing as a typical day for Christine Shaw Regan, BSN, RN, CCM, care manager at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Midwestern Regional Medical Center in Zion, Ill.
Legally Speaking: The Nurse and Informed Consent for Chemotherapy
Informed consent for chemotherapy is an essential prerequisite to the administration of any oral or parenteral chemotherapeutic agent in any healthcare setting. The oncology nurses role in patients informed consent also is fundamental.
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