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Managing Addiction: Guidelines for Patients With Cancer

Gretchen A. McNally
Ashley Sica
Tracy Wiczer
CJON 2019, 23(6), 655-658 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.655-658
Addiction in patients with cancer is not well described. Patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) and cancer experience worse outcomes; however, no guidelines exist for identifying and successfully managing these issues in oncology. With the goal to improve patient safety and outcomes, an...
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Joint Position Statement From the Oncology Nursing Society and the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association

Ensuring Healthcare Worker Safety When Handling Hazardous Drugs

ONF 2019, 46(6), 647-648 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.647-648
Hazardous drugs (HDs) are chemicals that demonstrate one or more of the following characteristics: carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, teratogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or organ toxicity. In addition, newer drugs with a structural or toxicity profile that mimics an agent known to be hazardous by...
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The Nursing Interventions Classification: A Language to Define Nursing

Judith Payne
ONF 2000, 27(1), 99-103 DOI: 10.1188/00.99-103
Purpose/Objectives: To discuss the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) framework and its relationship to oncology nursing. Data Synthesis: NIC is a standardized language that identifies all interventions performed by nurses. The three-tiered taxonomy consists of six domains, 27 classes, and...
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Advanced Practice Issues: Results of the ONS Advanced Practice Nursing Survey

Mary Pat Lynch
Diane G. Cope
Kathleen Murphy-Ende
ONF 2001, 1521-1530 DOI:
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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Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy: Collection and Interpretation

Kathryn G. Trewhitt
ONF 2001, 1409-1415 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe the role of the oncology nurse practitioner in the performance of bone marrow aspiration and biopsy and discuss the indications and diagnostic value of bone marrow examination. Data Sources: Published articles, textbooks, personal experience. Data Synthesis: Bone...
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