January/February 2019

Men tend not to seek help for psychosocial issues and notably less often than women do.

DCGs experience higher levels of anxiety and mood disturbance compared with local caregivers. On top of dealing with the expected stress of having a loved one who received a diagnosis of cancer, DCGs describe feelings of uncertainty, guilt, anxiety, and stress specifically related to their distance from the patient.

Former patients find their calling as oncology nurses.

“This month’s feature article reveals what oncology nurses say when others ask, ‘Isn’t your job depressing?’”

Some nurses share how they handle such remarks.

Although ET significantly reduces the risk of HRpositive/ HER2- negative early breast cancer, the cumulative risk of distant recurrence has remained steady for decades.

A hospice nurse shows me what a “good death” could look like.

“We are in the midst of a real paradigm change within our specialty.”

Program bridges a knowledge gap in nursing.