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Care Delivery and Treatment Decision Making: Bioethical and Nursing Considerations During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Joseph D. Tariman
Craig M. Klugman
Kashica J. Webber-Ritchey
Kim Siarkowski Amer
CJON 2021, 25(1), 61-68 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.61-68
Background: The disruption in the supply chain of resources and interruptions in cancer treatments caused by the pandemic presented tremendous challenges to the healthcare system. Objectives: This article describes the National Academy of Medicine–defined states of medical and nursing care delivery...
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Quality & Safety

SmartPhrase: Development of an Electronic Health Record System to Promote Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Safety

Mary Jo Sarver
Monica McManus
Amy Allen
Bethany Johnson
Dennielle Padgett
CJON 2021, 25(1), 85-88 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.85-88
A collaborative interprofessional team of healthcare providers from a regional comprehensive community cancer program established standardized chemotherapy and immunotherapy preadministration documentation in the electronic health record. This quality improvement project facilitated adherence to...
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Letters to the Editor

Response to the Supplement to the October 2020 Issue of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Janice Maienza
CJON 2021, 25(1), 13-14 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.13-14
The Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing has always been and continues to be my textbook—even as a retired oncology nurse. It has always fed my passion. So, after reading the supplement to the October 2020 issue on prevention, I asked myself what could I do with this information? Having worked at...
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Evolving Foundations

Convalescent Plasma: Education and Administration Implications

Julie C. Martin
CJON 2021, 25(1), 28-32 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.28-32
Convalescent plasma has emerged as a treatment that merits consideration for COVID-19–positive patients requiring hospitalization. With millions of cases of COVID-19 being reported worldwide, nurses across specialties are caring for infected patients and are often the primary patient educators...
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Essentials

Platelet Refractoriness: Examining Associated Morbidity and Mortality

Sijimol Mathew
CJON 2021, 25(1), 89-92 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.89-92
Platelet refractoriness is defined as the failure of platelets to show adequate increment after platelet transfusion. Platelets are important to the normal clotting and hemostasis process in the prevention of bleeding. Platelet refractoriness is a significant clinical concern because of resulting...
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