Contributors

I’m sure we can all agree that we’d like to provide the best care possible to our patients each and every day.

As a young adult with cancer you may feel like a prisoner in your own world. How can nurses help this age group?

Yoga can benefit the cancer survivor both physically and emotionally.

Challenge and respect are two sides of the same coin.

Who has shaped you to become the nurse you are today?

Does your choice of word matter to your patients?

Dealing with the ambiguity of life and cancer, inspired by Bob Dylan.

Have you considered the possibility that your patient may be going through an identity crisis brought on by their cancer diagnosis?

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

Childhood cancer is a family diagnosis. Healthy siblings can often be overlooked when one child has cancer, leading to emotional issues.

Are you, and your patients, getting enough sleep every night? A good night's sleep can contribute to better health.

This second installment of this blog on loneliness focuses on how loneliness may compromise health and can be combatted against.

Cancer touches the caregiver as much as the patient, and that position comes with it's own, unique emotional tolls.

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

How can nursing professionals take medical errors and learn from them?

When cancer "awareness" isn't enough, it's time to take action and become advocates.

Is saying "sorry" enough when someone is grieving? As a nurse, how can you help a grieving patient or family?

Exploring loneliness and its effect on health. Part 1 of 2.

For patients with cancer especially, dealing with anxiety in a world of unknowns can be difficult.

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

Two-thirds of cancers can be prevented by diet and exercise alone. Now is the time to focus on cancer prevention.

For survivors of childhood cancer, survivorship programs can offer assistance for their families as much as for them.

The best stories bring us to see our lives with whole new eyes

Clarity helps us go where we intend to go.

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?