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Environmental Stewardship: The Nurse’s Role in Sustainability

Julie Kleber
CJON 2018, 22(3), 354-356 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.354-356
With the largest body of employees in U.S. health care, the nursing profession is well positioned to tackle the challenges of waste reduction within hospital systems. The healthcare sector generates a massive amount of waste, contributing to environmental issues, such as air and water pollution. By...
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Psychosocial Distress Screening: An Educational Program’s Impact on Participants’ Goals for Screening Implementation in Routine Cancer Care

Mark Lazenby
Elizabeth Ercolano
Andrea Knies
Nick Pasacreta
Marcia Grant
Jimmie C. Holland
Paul B. Jacobsen
Terry Badger
Devika R. Jutagir
Ruth McCorkle
CJON 2018, 22(3), E85-E91 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.E85-E91
Background: Psychosocial distress screening is a quality care standard in cancer care. Screening implementation may be facilitated by an educational program that uses goals to evaluate progress over time. Objectives: This article describes the content and design of the Screening for Psychosocial...
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Communities

A Scandinavian Point of View: Caring for Patients With Sarcoma Across Boundaries

Charlott Vade
Stine Næss
CJON 2018, 22(3), 357-359 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.357-359
Sarcomas are rare connective tissue malignancies. Patients and their families often experience many challenging problems during the cancer journey. Professionals working in this complex landscape need to collaborate to optimize patient outcomes. AT A GLANCE The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group (SSG) was...
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Nurse Navigator Core Competencies: An Update to Reflect the Evolution of the Role

Kristen Baileys
Lori McMullen
Barbara Lubejko
Deborah Christensen
Pamela J. Haylock
Traudi Rose
Jean Sellers
Dominique Srdanovic
CJON 2018, 22(3), 272-281 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.272-281
Background: The Oncology Nursing Society published Oncology Nurse Navigator (ONN) Core Competencies in 2013. However, a 2016 role delineation study (RDS) indicated that the role had evolved since their release. The RDS also indicated that a growing number of nurse navigators have extensive oncology...
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Advanced Practice

Smoking Cessation: An Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist–Led Program

Susan D. Bruce
CJON 2018, 22(3), 259-261 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.259-261
Healthcare providers often do not have the time to counsel patients on how to quit smoking. Consequently, little emphasis is placed on this pursuit, and no behavioral counseling is done. Using medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in combination with behavioral counseling...
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