Oncology Nursing Society

Standards and Guidelines

Safety

Preventing Chemotherapy Errors With Comprehensive Medication Assessment

Adrienne S. Schleisman

Suzanne M. Mahon

CJON 2015, 19(5), 532-534 DOI: 10.1188/15.CJON.532-534

Preventing medication and chemotherapy errors is a priority in oncology nursing. In this article, a case is presented detailing a medication error that occurred because of inadequate assessment. Such errors still can occur despite electronic systems designed to increase medication administration...

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New Guidelines for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Susan Weiss Behrend

ONF 2014, 41(5), 559-560 DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.559-560

The focus of this column is to present topics of interest from a variety of journals to Oncology Nursing Forum readers. The topic of this issue is the release of new and adapted survivorship guidelines from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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Editorial

Survivorship Care Plans Redux

Deborah K. Mayer

CJON 2014, 18(6), 615-616 DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.615-616

Survivorship care plans (SCPs) were originally recommended in the Institute of Medicine's From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition (Hewitt, Greenfield, & Stovall, 2006). Much work has been done by many people since then, and SCPs have been integrated into the American College...

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Professional Issues

Voices of Oncology Nursing Society Members Matter in Advocacy and Decisions Related to U.S. Health Policy

Marlon Garzo Saria

Alec Stone

AnnMarie Lee Walton

Gean Brown

Vicki Norton

Margaret Barton-Burke

CJON 2014, 18(6), 719-721 DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.719-721

The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), a member of the Nursing Organizations Alliance, invests in advocating for health and public policy decisions by sending members to the Nurse in Washington Internship (NIWI) program annually. NIWI provides a forum to educate nurses on the legislative process,...

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Online Exclusive Article

Essentials of Oral Oncolytics: Developing a Nursing Reference

Jennifer Matthews

Patricia Holland Caprera

CJON 2014, 18(5), E88-E92 DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.E88-E92

A convenience sample of oncology clinicians from 17 practices throughout the northeastern United States participated in roundtable discussions. Discussions about oral adherence were initiated in multiple practices, and attendees were asked to describe what resources they currently use and what...

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