A 1999 Institutes of Medicine report indicated that almost 98,000 patients die each year from medication errors. As a result, medical institutions have taken steps to help reduce this number and provide better cancer care. The DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI, implemented a...

The following oncology nurses compose the Editorial Board of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing (CJON) in 2011. They all are involved in clinical care and support the mission of CJON , which is to provide practical information necessary to care for patients and their families across the...

Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) member Jane C. Shivnan, MScN, RN, AOCN®, has been named executive director of clinical quality and nursing at Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI), the international arm of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Shivnan has more than 20 years of healthcare leadership...

This novel how-to book written quite plainly and matter-of-factly by a family practice physician and a journalist is extremely relevant. Although not all members of the healthcare community are fans of a quick fix of scientific matters, this book serves the reader well in giving practical, ethical...