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Providing Novice Navigators With a GPS for Role Development: Oncology Nurse Navigator Competency Project

Lori McMullen

Teri Banman

Judy M. DeGroot

Susan Scott

Dominique Srdanovic

Heather Mackey

CJON 2016, 20(1), 33-38 DOI: 10.1188/16.CJON.20-01AP

Background: The care of patients with cancer has evolved to include various lay and professional roles to enhance care coordination with the focus on delivering patient-centered care. Oncology nurses in the role of oncology nurse navigators (ONNs) contribute to the delivery of patient-centered care...

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Evidence-Based Practice

Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infection Prevention: Standardizing Practice Focused on Evidence-Based Guidelines

Susanne B. Conley

CJON 2016, 20(1), 23-26 DOI: 10.1188/16.CJON.23-26

Central venous access devices (CVADs) are integral to the treatment and provision of supportive care for many patients with cancer. Central venous catheters are the most frequent cause of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections. Healthcare-associated bloodstream infections can be prevented...

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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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Update On…

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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