background: several studies have established that all nurses need continuing education, especially those who are working in oncology wards. in the current programs, there are just two general patterns for teaching: teacher-centered and student-centered patterns. in this study, the effect of teacher-centered (lecture) and student-centered (module) teaching methods in relation to safety standards...

OBJECTIVE Many countries carry a high cancer burden and comprehensive cancer nursing is becoming increasingly complicated and difficult. Summarizing the recent research focus on cancer nursing may provide a snapshot of this field for those nurses or nurse educators who are in need of a quick overview of the research and its utilization. METHODS Candidate publications from January 1st 2001 to ...

Patient safety is at the forefront of health care and nursing practice. Oncology nurses strive to provide safe oncologic care in their management of cancer, treatments, and side effects. Oncologic emergencies such as tumor lysis syndrome (TLS), however, are serious complications of cancer and cancer treatment. TLS often is seen in hematologic malignancies, such as lymphomas and leukemias, that ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify the knowledge and skill needs of oncology nurse practitioners (ONPs) as they enter cancer care practice, and to identify necessary educational resources. DESIGN Cross-sectional, descriptive. SETTING A national e-mail survey. SAMPLE 610 self-described ONPs from the Oncology Nursing Society's database. METHODS The project team developed a 28-item electronic ...

Aims: to identify the reactions of relatives after a diagnosis of pediatric cancer; to describe the work of the nursing team based on these reactions; to analyze the expectation of the family regarding nursing care based on the diagnosis of pediatric cancer. Method: this is a qualitative, descriptive research performed in an onco-hematologic ward located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...