Purpose/Objectives: To identify the ways oncology nurses in one state advocate for patients, as well as the resources they use to do so. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional survey. Setting: North Carolina. Sample: 141 RNs in North Carolina who were members of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)...

Oncology nurses are experts in pain management, and pain is the hallmark of sickle cell disease (SCD). Because individuals with cancer and individuals with SCD often receive care from hematologists or oncologists and are admitted to the same nursing units, oncology nurses need to have an...

Oncology nurses encounter increasingly complex ethical challenges in clinical practice. This ethnographic study explored 30 oncology nurses' descriptions of ethical situations and 12 key informants' perspectives on factors that influence the development of ethically difficult situations. Nurses...

Nurses often face ethical dilemmas when providing care to patients with cancer. Although "doing the right thing" may seem obvious in the decision-making process, nurses are frequently challenged with a conflict of doing good regarding patient safety and patient advocacy versus maintaining collegial...