Purpose: The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) formed a team to develop a necessary expansion of the 2019–2022 ONS Research Agenda, with a focus on racism and cancer care disparities. Methods: A multimethod consensus-building approach was used to develop and refine the research priorities. A panel of...

The summer reprieve from COVID-19 was shorter than anticipated, and the upswing in cases and symptomatic illness has stretched the boundaries of our healthcare system once again. There are qualitative and quantitative differences this time. In many areas, the number of inpatients and their length...

Background: Cancer outcome disparities exist among Black, Indigenous, and people of color despite advancements in screening, detection, and treatment. In addition to racial and ethnic diversity, the U.S. population is experiencing shifts in sociodemographics, including a growing aging population,...

Background: Nurses develop meaningful and deep connections with patients, making them particularly skilled to consider how social determinants of health (SDOH) affect patients. SDOH include one’s neighborhood and built environment, health and health care, social and community context, education,...