Background: Cancer care for Canadian cancer survivors remains fragmented. Little is known about the experience of oncology nurses providing survivors, as they transition from acute treatment to primary care. Objectives: This study aimed (1) explore dealing with fragmented in survivorship; (2) identify nurses’ perspectives what promotes or inhibits their delivery quality care; and (3) obtain sug...

The goal of this phenomenological study was to explore what within the lived experiences of exemplary oncology nurses facilitates the avoidance of compassion fatigue. A purposive sample of seven oncology nurses (RNs) who were identified by their colleagues as exemplary caregivers was recruited. Data were collected through semi-structured conversations that were subsequently transcribed. Transcr...

Individuals living with cancer have a wide range of needs throughout the disease trajectory. To better meet them, the Quebec Cancer Control Program (PQLC) implemented the oncology nurse navigator role. While this practitioner has already been integrated into the majority of oncology teams, the role still lacks precision when it comes to its functions within care teams. The support function that...

Lymphedema, a debilitating and chronic condition, is considered to be one of the most distressing adverse effects of cancer treatment. The purpose of this study was to understand the practice patterns in lymphedema care and identify predictors influencing those patterns among oncology nurses, with a focus on advanced practice nurses. Random and purposive sampling was utilized to recruit 238 onc...

PURPOSE The needs and concerns of patients with advanced breast cancer are changing at every phase of the care intervention. Management and coordination of hospital resources and services are also steadily evolving. The objective of the present expert report is to define a new oncology nursing role specialising in advanced breast cancer, to help guide patients throughout the whole healthcare it...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore oncology nurses' experiences with receiving requests for assisted dying from terminally ill patients with cancer. DESIGN Descriptive, naturalistic. SETTING RNs who identified themselves as direct care providers or clinical nurse specialist members of the Oncology Nursing Society. SAMPLE 40 oncology nurses who responded to a randomized, sequential direct maili...