Are You an Oncology Nurse or an Infusion Nurse?

During the past 17 years, I have served as a nurse manager in a new, rural, outpatient cancer treatment center; written policy and procedure, new-nurse orientation programs, and nurse competency documents; worked in an academic hospital setting with a focus on malignant melanoma therapy; and am curr...

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Published inClinical journal of oncology nursing Vol. 26; no. 3; p. 328
Main Author Atkins, Robin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oncology Nursing Society 01.06.2022
Subjects
Cancer therapies
Epidemiology
Nurses
Nursing care
Nursing skills
Oncology
Patients
Surveillance
Workforce planning
skills
nursing
holistic care
infusion
oncology
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Summary:During the past 17 years, I have served as a nurse manager in a new, rural, outpatient cancer treatment center; written policy and procedure, new-nurse orientation programs, and nurse competency documents; worked in an academic hospital setting with a focus on malignant melanoma therapy; and am currently a symptom management oncology triage nurse. According to the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (2022), cancer incidence rose consistently from 2014 to 2018 in all individuals up to age 85 years. The 'Right' Nurse Staffing Model" https://bit.ly/3IYHAJq * ONS Voice "Staffing Levels in Ambulatory Oncology Nursing" https://voice.ons.org/news-and-views/ staffing-levels-in-ambulatory-oncology -nursing REFERENCE National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program.
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ISSN:1092-1095
1538-067X
DOI:10.1188/22.CJON.328