Background: Oncology nurse navigation opportunities are rapidly expanding as the value of the role is recognized. However, there is a lack of training opportunities focusing on the unique needs of the oncology nurse navigator (ONN). Most navigator training programs provide only general oncology...
One need only read the daily newspaper in any town in the United States or browse through popular magazines such as Reader’s Digest to find an article about the shortage of hospital registered nurses (RNs). Media stories have centered on problems nurses have experienced dealing with short staffing...
Purpose/Objectives: To ascertain the critical issues in current advanced practice nurse (APN) roles in oncology. Design: Descriptive. Setting: National. Sample: 368 Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) APNs in oncology practice. Methods: Subjects completed an 11-page self-administered questionnaire...
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