February 2016

Ellyn E. Matthews, PhD, RN, AOCNS, CBSM, shared her insights on the latest evidence-based practices for nurses to address sleep issues with patients and survivors.

The topic of spirituality has become increasingly relevant in oncology nursing dialogue, research, and practice, with an eye toward how best to assess and identify patients’ spiritual needs and then develop innovative clinical interventions to effectively address those needs.

The FDA has been very busy lately granting approvals for a host of new anticancer agents, drug combinations, and indications.

Racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States continue to experience higher cancer mortality rates than those among non-minority populations.

New agents and formulations have been added to the CINV armamentarium; however, unless patients are encouraged to discuss the problem with their clinicians, their CINV may go unmanaged, causing even greater problems down the road.

New research findings that suggest at least one-third of our patients with metastatic disease continue to work merit changes in the way in which we assess our patients.

As those of us immersed in our roles as oncology nurse navigators know only too well, each day holds the potential to be filled with unexpected