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Discover what you can learn with our compilation of resources to help expand your education around the safe handling of hazardous drugs. Explore articles, books, courses, podcasts, and more.
The following ONS interim recommendations are for the use of PPE during clinical oncology care and for safe handling and administration of hazardous cancer drugs based on the Table 1 NIOSH list. The options are presented in descending order from highest-level recommended practice based on supplies of available PPE. Although ONS recognizes that these are not ideal, they are interim guidelines to support decision making and staff and patient safety in clinical care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Huddle cards provides bite-sized education in an easy-to-understand one-page resource. The cards focus on topics relevant to oncology nursing, such as safe handling and scope and standards of practice.
As COVID-19 coronavirus infections spread throughout the United States, appropriate and safe staffing is needed to meet patient needs across institutions. Hospitals and cancer centers are facing unique challenges in staffing and redeploying staff to other units. Many factors contribute to decisions about temporary reassignment of oncology staff outside of the oncology unit or ambulatory department.
The onboarding process is critical to ensure oncology nurses feel ready to deliver quality cancer care to people with cancer. ONS has developed orientation-based didactic courses, clinical practice resources, and other training tools to use to ensure optimal orientation for nurses new to the clinical and advanced practice roles. Whether you are working to improve your institution’s onboarding process or looking for individual resources to complement your own orientation, ONS has an option for you within the Orientation Learning Library.
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The use of oral anticancer medications continues to expand. Oncology nurses and their colleagues can benefit from a growing number of resources created to support patients taking these therapies.
Discover what you can learn with our compilation of resources to help expand your education around immuno-oncology. Explore books, clinical practice resources, learning tools, podcasts, videos, and more.
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