Background: Oncology nurses are pivotal in the provision of primary palliative care. However, nurses working in oncology settings, where the goal is often curative, may lack knowledge about and comfort in providing palliative care. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to determine how oncology...

The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) is committed to promoting excellence in oncology nursing and quality cancer care. In keeping with this mission, since 2001, ONS has prepared and disseminated a national Research Agenda. The ONS Research Agenda serves to identify gaps in the knowledge base needed...

Problem Statement: To define the Oncology Nursing Society Research Agenda for 2019–2022. Design: Multimethod, consensus-building approach by members of the Research Agenda Project Team. Data Sources: Expert opinion, literature review, surveys, interviews, focus groups, town hall, and review of...

While working as a women’s health nurse practitioner (NP) in the obstetric and gynecologic setting for 10 years, I found life circumstances steering my family and I to relocate. An opportunity arose for me to change gears and enter the world of women’s health oncology. After seven months in my new...