ORLANDO—More education about assessment and management of cardiotoxicity would strengthen the quality of nursing care of cancer patients, according to a new study.
SAN DIEGO—Elizabeth Brunton, RN, MSN, OCN, started in the nursing field in 1973. More than 35 years later, she is the recipient of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Nurse Excellence Award. This award is presented annually to a registered nurse who goes above and beyond the normal standards of nursing practice.
The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree has been designated by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) as the graduate degree for advanced practice nurses (APNs). Currently, obtaining this degree remains an option; pursuit of a doctoral degree in nursing is a personal and professional decision made by some APNs. The trend toward doctoral preparation appears to be gaining momentum, however, and after the year 2015 it may be difficult to find a nurse practitioner program that awards a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
SEATTLE—New doctors have received on-the-job training in residency programs for decades. Now, a growing number of new nurses are doing the exact same thing. Nurse residency programs are now rising in popularity and that, in part, is due to hospitals trying to stave off a huge projected nursing shortage over the next 10 to 15 years.
With community cancer centers facing rising costs and declining revenues, finding more efficient ways to run a practice is critical. In this interview, Cathy Maxwell, RN, OCN, director of clinical operations at Advanced Medical Specialties in Miami, Florida, discusses how community cancer centers can make the most efficient use of chemotherapy nurses by efficient scheduling and how this not only increases nurse and patient satisfaction but also reduces costs.
SAN DIEGO—Oncology nurses can implement simple measures to ensure the safe disposal of cytotoxic therapies, according to Baltimore researchers.
The measures are aimed at reducing the hazards posed by chemotherapy disposal to neighboring communities and the environment.
According to standard policy at most cancer centers, chemo therapy waste is collected in designated yellow plastic containers, which are disposed of as regulated medical waste and incinerated,
A healthy work environment is one in which people are valued and priority is given to the multiple aspects of the workplace that affect employees’ ability to function well in order to accomplish the goals of the organization.1 Since its early days, nursing has been a profession of service in a high-stress, ever-changing healthcare environment, often without appropriate thanks, reward, recognition, or appreciation. The psychological implication Read More ›
Advance practice nurses play a critical role in the assessment and management of patients with chemotherapy-induced anemia. Read More ›
Dessie Brown, LPN, works with a lot of cancer patients and loves doing it because she is able to help them in a unique way. Brown has been diagnosed with breast cancer twice, first in 1992 and then again in August 2009. This Feb ruary she finished her last round of chemotherapy.
Despite their demanding jobs, Patricia Irouer Hughes, RN, MSN, BSN, OCN, and her colleagues on the oncology unit of Piedmont Healthcare in the Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area find time to volunteer in their community. "We are a special breed even though we cannot all be Florence Nightingale or Clara Barton," she says. Service learning or volunteerism was one of the requirements for acquiring her MSN degree from Regis University in Colorado, in keeping with the school motto "Men and Women in Service of Others."
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