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Addressing Health Disparities From a Syndemic Perspective

Debra Lyon

ONF 2021, 48(3), 261-262 DOI: 10.1188/21.ONF.261-262

As we enter the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is much hope about the eventual containment of the virus, leading to some form of a new normalcy. Multiple COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be effective, and the vaccination of individuals in the United States has reached several million...

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Commentary

Rising to the Occasion During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Julie C. Martin

CJON 2021, 25(2), 115-116 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.115-116

Nurses across specialties continue to play a key role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Oncology nurses are no exception. In response to COVID-19 and other healthcare issues, nurses have established core competencies. These core competencies allow us to mentor others if we simply step up...

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NCPD Article

COVID-19 Pandemic 101: An Epidemiology and Public Health Primer for Oncology Nurses

Susan Yackzan

Suzanne M. Mahon

CJON 2021, 25(1), 33-40 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.33-40

Background: Understanding basic epidemiology and public health concepts is essential to the provision of safe care during a pandemic. These basic concepts and terms include containment, mitigation, predictive modeling, latent period, incubation period, reproduction number, case fatality rate, and...

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NCPD Article

Ambulatory Oncology: Infrastructure Development in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Susan Yackzan

Megha Shah

CJON 2021, 25(1), 41-47 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.41-47

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic generated challenges to the delivery of safe, efficient, and high-quality cancer care. In ambulatory oncology, where most cancer care is delivered, these challenges required the rapid development of infrastructure. Objectives: This article describes challenges to...

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From the Editor

COVID-19 Pandemic: What Have We Learned?

Ellen Carr

CJON 2021, 25(1), 11-12 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.11-12

This issue of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing presents foundational content about clinical oncology care in the environment of a virulent pandemic, particularly the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to overwhelm global health and healthcare delivery systems.

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