Research

Vision: To support the mission of the Oncology Nursing Society to promote excellence in oncology nursing and quality cancer care through the integration of research and evidence-based practice.

What are you looking for today?

• Available Funding, Grants and Awards from the ONS Foundation and other Organizations
• ONS PEP^® (Putting Evidence into Practice) Resources - Find definitions, summaries of evidence, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, reference lists and a summary of published clinical practice guidelines for the PEP topics here
• Information on the Evidence-Based Practice Process - How to assess evidence on topics of interest in your institution
• Nurse-Sensitive Patient Outcomes - Find information on outcomes affected by nursing care, Evidence-Based Outcomes Measurement Summaries, and the ONS Patient Outcomes Survey here
• Information on the ONS Quality Initiative - Find information on the Breast Cancer Quality Measures Project here
• Consult an Expert about a Research or EBP Project - Find out how to request help with a project from an experienced researcher

Research Agenda and Priorities

ONS Research Agenda

The ONS Research Agenda focuses on gaps in the knowledge base for oncology nursing practice. The ONS Research Agenda builds on the results of the 2008 ONS Research Priorities Survey (see below), the review and evaluation of the previous ONS Research Agendas, and a multi-method stakeholders' consensus-building process and state of the science in each content area.

• The 2009-2013 ONS Research Agenda, Executive Summary and Talking Points are available here for your review:
  
  ONS Research Agenda: Executive Summary 2009-2013 (2009 version) (7 pages) (PDF)
  Complete 2009-2013 ONS Research Agenda (59 pages) (PDF)
  ONS Research Agenda 2009-2013 Talking Points (2009 version) (4 pages) (PDF)

• The 2001-2003, 2003-2005, and the 2005-2009 (2005 version) Research Agendas are also available.

ONS Research Priorities

The purpose of the 2008 ONS Research Priorities Survey was to gather information about the most important issues related to the health and health care of individuals affected by cancer that can be addressed by oncology nursing research.

• The 2008 Research Priorities Survey report by Doorenbos et al. is published in the Oncology Nursing Forum, November 2008. Read the full text of the article.

• The 2008 Research Priorities Survey included items about the awareness of the ONS PEP Resources and the need for research on the adoption of the resources.  This information by Doorenbos et al. is published in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, December 2008.  Read the full text of the article.