This past November, over 700 nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, clinical nurse specialists, and other oncology professionals gathered at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge hotel in Phoenix to participate in the JADPRO Live at APSHO conference. This meeting was the third such JADPRO Live event focusing on the unique educational and professional needs of the advanced practitioner i...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate job satisfaction and intent to stay for ambulatory oncology nurses. BACKGROUND An oncology provider shortage suggests that retention is a high priority, and factors associated with job outcomes are unknown in this setting. METHOD Data were derived from a cross-sectional survey completed by 402 oncology nurses employed in ambulatory settings...

JUNE 2004 • VOLUME 8, NUMBER 3 • CLINICAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING Michelle Purdom, RN, BSN, is a research nurse supervisor in the Department of Cancer Medicine Phase 1 Unit at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. (Mention of specific products and opinions related to those products do not indicate or imply endorsement by the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing or ...

Nursing intervention Individuals who are known to carry the mutation are provided with a personalised cancer risk management plan with the aim of reducing morbidity overwhelmed by the number of appointments they receive and by the variability of information given to them, as care often moves from and between several teams. A care pathway has been developed by the oncology/genetics nurse to ensu...