The leading cause of death for most of the U.S. population is heart disease, but since 2000, the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community has been the only racial and ethnic group whose leading cause of death is cancer. One of the fastest-growing minorities in the United States—currently comprising about 6% of the population—the AANHPI community traces its roots to more than 20 countries across Asia and the Pacific Islands. It is a vastly heterogenous group consisting of people with various languages and cultural backgrounds.
Nurse advocates have an incredible opportunity to represent patients and the profession in shaping the future of patient-centered pragmatic clinical trials. Through July 5, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Oncology Center of Excellence is crowdsourcing clinically relevant trial questions for FDA-approved therapies in its innovative Project 5 in 5 initiative.
ONS founding member Connie Henke Yarbro, MS, RN, FAAN, has long been committed to sharing the stories and impact of cancer nurses. In support of that commitment, she and her late husband, Dr. John Yarbro, made a leading gift for the creation of a first-of-its-kind oncology nursing history center.
In 2023, more than 15 novel drugs were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for oncology indications. They all underwent rigorous testing via a series of clinical trials to demonstrate their safety and effectiveness. As a nurse, you’re familiar with clinical research and may have even cared for patients on clinical trials. But do you know that you could build a career in clinical research?
Today’s ever-evolving healthcare industry requires versatile, adaptable healthcare workers. To meet that need, some institutions are upskilling medical assistants (MAs) and transitioning them to more complex roles in ambulatory cancer clinics. In an April 25, 2024, poster presentation at the 49th Annual ONS Congress®, ONS members Tara Delgrippo, RN, MSN, NE-BC, OCN®, and Sarah Porzig, MSN, RN, OCN®, described the process at their institution.
Amid the growing number of patients with cancer, ongoing nursing shortages, high staff turnover rates, and nurses’ general desire for more flexible and balanced work, innovative oncology nurse managers are turning to technology and data as creative—even critical—tools for effective staff scheduling.
“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For indeed, that’s all who ever have,” Margaret Mead wrote in The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future.
The Biden-Harris administration on Friday announced it is dropping—for now―a plan to ban menthol cigarettes after months of speculation about the proposal’s future. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra did not say when or if the administration would revisit the issue, nor did he mention the fate of a related proposal to ban flavored cigars.
Nearly 50% of nurses who leave the profession say they chose to do so because of burnout or insufficient staffing, according to the results of a new survey that nurse researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.
Efficient communication and care coordination are critical for high-quality patient care in ambulatory oncology settings. Electronic huddles, where the cancer team connects in a virtual space to share critical insights and make collective decisions about patient care, leverage technology to facilitate interprofessional communication and decision-making.