Oncology Nursing Society

Standards and Guidelines

Oncology Nursing Society Position

The Role of Unlicensed Assistive Personnel in Cancer Care

ONF 2001, 17 DOI:

The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) supports the collaborative role of registered nurses with members of the multidisciplinary team in the provision of quality cancer care regardless of the clinical setting. ONS recognizes that unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) can make significant contributions...

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Quality & Safety

USP <800>: Gaining Compliance Through Implementation of a Hazardous Drug Control Program

Kelley Blake

CJON 2019, 23(3), 324-326 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.324-326

Medical facilities in the United States are faced with the challenge of meeting the December 2019 requirements of U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention General Chapter <800> (USP <800>) Hazardous Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings. A 300-bed hospital in western Washington formed a practice...

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Personal Protective Equipment: Evaluating Usage Among Inpatient and Outpatient Oncology Nurses

Denise Menonna-Quinn

Martha Polovich

Brenda Marshall

CJON 2019, 23(3), 260-265 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.260-265

Background: Chemotherapy agents have long been considered hazardous, and safety for healthcare providers when administering these drugs is a primary concern. Personal protective equipment (PPE) is known to decrease exposure to hazardous drugs. Studies report that PPE is underused among healthcare...

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Research Brief

Identifying the Contribution of Nurse Practitioners in the Care of Older Adults With Cancer

Lorinda A. Coombs

Caroline Stephens

ONF 2019, 46(3), 277-282 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.277-282

Objectives: To identify the best available dataset that measured the number of nurse practitioners (NPs) and the type of care they provided; patient information, including malignancy type, age, and insurance status; and volume of procedures performed by NPs. Sample & Setting: All available...

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Quality & Safety

Air-in-Line Alarms: Decreasing Alarms Through Antisiphon Valve Implementation

Karen Meade

Kimberly Catania

Ben Lopez

Ryan Connell

CJON 2019, 23(2), 209-211 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.209-211

The administration of 24-hour continuous chemotherapy infusions is common in certain regimens, such as EPOCH (etoposide, prednisone, vincristine, cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin). Such regimens are notorious for clinically insignificant air-in-line (AIL) alarms because of the naturally bubbly...

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