December 2017
Survey Examines Burnout of Nurses Caring for Actively Dying Patients
December 30, 2017
Article
Partner Perspectives
Guided imagery intervention helped evaluate perceived stress levels among registered nurses, nurse educators and patient care associates.
Gifts From Patients: Accept or Reject?
December 29, 2017
Article
Professionally Speaking
Accepting gifts can be a complex issue for all healthcare providers but especially oncology nurses, who develop a special, unique bond with patients and their families, who often want to show tangible appreciation for their care.
Information Is Giving Out, Communication Is Getting Through
December 21, 2017
Article
Nurse's Notes
To help convey effective messages, nurses should determine how much of the disease a patient understands.
Know Your Ports
December 21, 2017
Article
Fast Facts for the Frontline
Basic knowledge of types of intravenous ports can help nurses who manage these for patients.
Putting Patients' Adverse Effects to the Top of the List
December 07, 2017
Article
From the Chairman
This letter from the Chairman and CEO of Oncology Nursing News gives an overview of the contents of the December 2017 print magazine.
Take Charge: Proactive Steps to Ease Patients' Symptom Burden
December 06, 2017
Article
Cover Story
Early palliative care and web-based systems are effective solutions that helped boost quality of life.
PEGPH20 Offers New Mechanism for Attacking Pancreas Tumors
December 06, 2017
Article
Clinical Trials in Progress
PEGPH20 (pegvorhyaluronidase alfa), a novel formulation of a naturally occurring enzyme, is being investigated as a biomarker-driven treatment for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.