ONS Annual Congress

Examining the experience of 3 women, aged 24 to 28, with stage III breast cancer, oncology nurses from the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing aimed to gain more insight into the experience of younger woman with breast cancer.

Nurses at UT Southwestern's Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center in Dallas found a telemedicine smoking cessation program to be successful for male smokers in a local homeless shelter, as reported at the 42nd Annual ONS Congress.

Patricia Jakel, RN, MN, AOCN, ended up on the opposite of the bed than she was used to when she was diagnosed with stage III invasive lobular breast cancer.

As presented at the 2017 ONS Annual Congress, nurses at UPMC-Shadyside evaluated the elimination of the neutropenic diet in patients with cancer.

Nurses at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey reviewed their patient education program.

A group of nurses at Froedtert Hospital developed a study to evaluate the use of aromatherapy to relieve symptoms in patients undergoing blood and marrow transplant.

Deborah Mayer, a member of former Vice President Joe Biden's Blue Ribbon Panel that helped shaped the Cancer Moonshot Initiative, discusses the past, present and future of the program.

As presented at the 2017 ONS Annual Congress, nurses at Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Eastern Medical Center developed an emergency supply box for the occurrence of hypersensitivity reactions during cancer therapy infusions.

Nurses at the Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center at the James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University assessed the treatment standards for patients with breast cancer who are pregnant.

The use of military metaphors when discussing cancer and patients with the disease could be negatively affecting the patients, their outlook and their coping abilities.

As presented at the 2017 ONS Annual Congress, nurses at Fox Chase Cancer Centers developed a process to improve their transition from inpatient to outpatient.

Post-operative ileus, or instinal blockages, in patients with cancer may be prevented by chewing gum, according to a study presented at the 2017 ONS Annual Congress.

Nurses at Smilow Cancer Hospital leveraged their electronic medical record system to improve care and management of patients receiving immunotherapies.

At the 2017 ONS Annual Congress, CURE held its Extraordinary Healer Award. This years winner is nurse Sara Sargente.

Nurses at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins implemented an intervention to reduce the missed cases of sepsis in oncology patients, as presented at the 2017 Oncology Nursing Society's Annual Congress

As presented at the 2017 Oncology Nursing Society Annual Congress, nurses at Johns Hopkins Hospital developed a plan to reduce the patient's waiting time in the infusion chair.

Carol Blecher, MS, RN, AOCN, Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses using exercise not only as rehabilitation for patients with cancer, but also “prehabilitation”.

Donna Clark, RN, Mitchell Cancer Institute, discusses what it was like to be a patient with endometrial cancer after more than two decades of being an oncology nurse.

Monica Fradkin, RN, MPH, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, discusses improving communication between clinical staff and research staff for patients who are approved for clinical trials.

​Cathy Belt, RN, MSN, AOCN, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses nurses’ role in detecting inherited cancer syndromes.

Erin Noel, BSN, RN, OCN, Baylor Scott & White McClinton Cancer Center, discusses implementation of the “blue dot” system to prevent incorrect coding in patients’ electronic medical record.

Carmela Hoefling, RN, MSN, APN-C, AOCNP, Rutgers Cancer Institue of New Jersey, discusses what oncology nurses can do to identify and treat patients who may be malnourished.

Amita Patel, NPC, Regional Cancer Care Associates, Central Jersey Division, talks about benefits of a multidisciplinary care team and some issues that providers should be aware of when treating patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Carmela Hardy, RN, Regional Cancer Care Associates, Central Jersey Division, talks about how a telephone triage system helps ease patient anxiety in an outpatient chemotherapy setting.

Timothy Clyne, RN, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, discusses the COMFORT curriculum and end-of-life conversations.

Amy E. Moore, MSN, BSN, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, discusses pain management in adult patients with cancer who are having bone marrow aspiration and biopsy.

In an effort to help ensure that patients are taking their oral anticancer medications and refilling their prescriptions, a team of four nurses and a physician from NYU Langone’s Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center integrated a novel tracking workflow documentation system into the electronic health record.

Patients with cancer who are undergoing chemotherapy infusion are likely feeling uncomfortable, stressed, and anxious, but a brief session of hand massage may be a relatively simple way to put them more at ease.

Sheila Hunt, RN, Baylor Scott and White McClinton Cancer Center, discusses how she reduces her patients’ anxiety by writing out treatment plans on a whiteboard.