April 2015

Research on the role of spirituality in healthcare continues to grow, and for patients with cancer, religious and spiritual values can be especially important to their overall quality of life throughout their cancer journey.

Although the treatment landscape for advanced pancreatic cancer has expanded in recent years, this diagnosis remains one of the most devastating for patients and their loved ones.

Once a terminal illness, HIV is now considered a chronic disease due to the advances in highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART).

An oncologist told me he retired because he couldn't pronounce the names of the drugs anymore.

Please enjoy this music while your party is reached … "Hello, Mr. Freeman,* this is Venteria Knight. I'm a nurse navigator with Northside Hospital, and we met at the prostate cancer screening last week."

Big changes are ahead for oncology nurses and other healthcare professionals who prepare and administer hazardous drugs, as new regulations for safe handling are being finalized by the US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP).