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How do cancer survivors perceive their cancer?

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

Is the elephant of intimacy making you or your patient uncomfortable?

The holidays are here again, and cancer hasn't gone anywhere

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

How can nurses walk through the challenges of palliative care when comforting is uncomfortable?

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

Is there actually an increase of hospital visits when a full moon is present? Does the moon increase the incidence of admissions or injury?

Have you every been a part of something so touching that it just puts a big smile on your face, warms your heart, and maybe even brings out a few tears?

As the #CureConnect chat community grows, I hope to see some ah-ha moments for participants.

What if you could give a patient just a moment to relax and escape the reality of life? Oncology massage is just the way to do it.

A survivor recalls the impact oncology nurses can have on their patients.and the "extraordinary power" of love.

Survivor: one simple word surrounded by so much confusion but yet so much meaning.

Maybe in these most profound moments after a diagnosis of breast cancer, we are called to be still.

There is a growing buzzword in the medical industry, and it is oncology rehabilitation.

There are over 14 million cancer survivors in the United States, a number that is expected to grow exponentially due to an aging population and improved methods for early detection and treatment. In the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition” the importance of addressing the ongoing physical and psychosocial challenges of cancer survivors was emphasized to encourage the multidisciplinary approach to survivorship as a distinct phase of the cancer continuum. Oncology nurses have an essential role in ensuring that quality survivorship care begins at diagnosis and continues throughout the balance of our patients' lives.

Life has a lot of uncertainties, but what can you do to help the emotional state of mind?

Have you heard...

Sometimes the most productive thing we can do is to stop.

It's a new year, new you... learn how you can help patients get on a healthy track this year.

Maybe I just had travelers on my mind, late in the day, the day before Thanksgiving, as I walked through the waiting room. Maybe that’s why the people there all looked to me like pilgrims.

This is the time of year to reflect on what you are grateful for, but have you tried to express it through art?

How are we actively listening to patients along the way so we know what matters most to them at each step of their cancer journey?

Caring for patients with cancer is an incredible privilege, however, it can also generate considerable stress.

There is a notable increase in the amount of discussion about cancer lately.

There is an instant bond that forms when cancer survivors are together, much like superglue.

What's next for Cancer Survivors after treatment?

As I patted myself on the back for having no trash to put out for the 2nd week in the row it occurred to me: healthcare needs more of this.

The first section of this blog provided statistics on suicide and warning signs,

Have you encountered patients who have voiced the wish to kill themselves?