Alene Nitzky, PhD, RN, OCN

Retirement planning often never goes according to plan, but many oncology nurses are facing a retirement dilemma forced upon them by decisions from the higher levels of their respective health systems.

Like our patients, new nurses are scared and vulnerable. They have a big job to do. Can we care for our new nurses as well?

Your voice is needed to elevate the profile and visibility of nurses now. Your patients’ lives depend on it.

No one learns everything they need to know about nursing in school or on the job alone.

Videoconferencing can be used by nurses in a variety of work settings and roles to reap numerous benefits.

I give myself gifts, but not at the holidays. I spread them out over the entire year, and those are gifts of self-care.

I decided to take on a personal video challenge during the month of November, to share cancer information with patients and caregivers. I created a series of livestream videos on Facebook each weekday.

This is the third in a 3-part series about nurses as advocates within healthcare.

A weekend of immersion in the energy and enthusiasm of the National Nurses in Business Association annual conference left me recharged and ready to take my own ideas forward.

This is the second in a series of 3 articles about nurses as advocates.

This is the first in a 3-part series about nurses as advocates within healthcare.

Sharon Mitchell, RN, stood up for her profession at Pennsylvania’s first-ever Nurses Safe Staffing Summit in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on July 30-31, speaking and participating in an event to draw attention to safe staffing bills.

Nurses can play a strong, supportive role in educating the public about how to respond to people who have been diagnosed with cancer.

A recent Dutch study of patients with colon and rectal cancer who underwent surgery suggests that outcomes from emergency weekend surgeries may be worse compared with those who had surgery on weekdays.

An update on the progress of the Cancer Harbors survivorship program, filling a gap in patient care.

One of the hardest things for some people to do is to ask for help, including healthcare professionals.

Despite our roles as patient advocates, many nurses shy away from political advocacy. We can no longer afford to be silent.

This is the first of a two-part post about my experience attending and speaking at the Nurses Take DC rally in Washington DC.

What are some things we can do to steer our patients away from bad information?

In the workplace, it is important for nurses and physicians to reserve time to step back, look at the big picture of being part of the community that surrounds the organization, and connect with it.

A community, nurse-led group encourages cancer survivors to get more out of life while moving

We need a restorative approach to cancer survivorship care.

Challenge and respect are two sides of the same coin.

Nurses can advocate for patients by opening eyes and minds at every opportunity.

We have all the tools we need to solve problems, we just need to remind leadership how to use them.

Nurses don’t have to be Mother Teresa, saints, or martyrs, but sometimes when it comes to empathy, we are the cleanup crew.

Clarity helps us go where we intend to go.

Oncology nurses need to view healthcare through a panoramic lens to best serve cancer patients.

Nurses can apply the principles of beneficience and nonmaleficience to heal healthcare.

Nurses can model and encourage patients toward healthy behaviors making it E.A.S.I.E.R in just a few simple steps.