Oncology Nursing Society

Standards and Guidelines

Position Statement From the Oncology Nursing Society

The Oncology Nursing Specialty

ONF 2020, 47(2), 125-126 DOI: 10.1188/20.ONF.125-126

The oncology nursing specialty seeks to reduce the risks, incidence, and burden of cancer by encouraging healthy lifestyles, promoting early detection, improving the management of cancer symptoms and side effects throughout the disease trajectory, and leading the coordination of complex care needs.

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NCPD Article

Nurse Case Manager: Measurement of Care Coordination Activities and Quality and Resource Use Outcomes When Caring for the Complex Patient With Hematologic Cancer

Doris Garnett

Lynda Hardy

Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Taylor Fisher

Lisa Graham

Janine Overcash

CJON 2020, 24(1), 65-74 DOI: 10.1188/20.CJON.65-74

Background: The lack of coordination of care for complex patients in the hematology setting has prompted nurse case managers (NCMs) to coordinate that care. Objectives: This article aimed to identify the frequency of NCM care coordination activities and quality and resource use outcomes in the...

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Quality & Safety

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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Nursing Perspectives

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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