What Competencies Are Required for Oncology Nurse Generalists?

Oncology nursing is a rapidly evolving specialty. Nurses need to stay on top of a complex technologic environment, ever-changing science, and rapid assimilation of research into practice. In doing so, they attain and maintain a high level of competency to adequately and safely care for people with cancer.

To help standardize the competency requirements for oncology nurse generalists, ONS formed a project team to identify, define, and provide a framework for best practice in patient care to ensure quality outcomes. In their article in the December 2017 issue of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, Gaguski et al. reported the results of the project team’s work.