Debi Fischer, MSW, BSN, BA, LCSW, RN

Elderly women living in nursing homes who were diagnosed with breast cancer may face a greater chance of death compared with their non-resident peers–despite what, for many in other age groups, is routine surgery. Therefore, the decision to perform breast cancer surgery must lie with the patient, family, and her physician.

Patient education comes in many forms. Consider the podcast.

Five tips for helping patients ready themselves for emergencies.

What can we, as oncology nurses, do to decrease young adult patients’ anxiety and improve their outcomes on their paths into the unknown?

An oncology nurse is an observer in what is sometimes a life-and-death drama. But sometimes, we must step into the scene and help the patient get information about what might happen before the curtain falls.

What can we, as oncology nurses, offer to patients who face a recurrence?

There are things oncology nurses can do to reduce their risk of gastric ulcers, and potentially, gastric cancer.

Studies show that patients with cancer benefit from spending time with therapy dogs.

One health system in California is working on a solution to the problem of nurse suicide.

The Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research Act (STAR Act), signed into law on June 5, 2018, addresses a critically under-researched and underfunded area of cancer.

Suicide among nurses is not often talked about, since we are supposed to be everyone’s caregivers.

Working in oncology as a registered nurse, you can learn all kinds of things, from tonight's TV lineup to the importance of letting go of the small stuff.