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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.
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.
Death rates fell about 2% per year from 1999–2019 for Black patients with cancer, researchers reported in study findings published in JAMA Oncology; however, the population’s cancer mortality remains higher than other racial and ethnic groups for most cancer sites.
Regardless of residence, nearly 25% of patients with cancer overall miss at least 10% of the doses in their radiation treatment plans—but the implications on outcomes are far greater for patients living in rural areas than their urban counterparts, according to new research findings published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
Many of our patients are individuals who haven’t developed cancer but might have a concerning family history of the disease. We rely on healthcare providers like oncology nurses to identify individuals with concerning cancer histories and refer them to genetic counselors for a complete risk assessment, including genetic testing when appropriate, to determine their risk and recommend proactive measures to reduce it.
A new risk model tailored for Black patients predicts their risk of developing breast cancer as accurately as current models for White patients, researchers reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Because Black patients are more likely to be younger at diagnosis, present with aggressive or advanced cancer, and die from the disease than other racial and ethnic groups, using the new model to personalize prevention and screening recommendations may reduce those disparities.