This past summer, three pivotal trend reports were released that give direction to clinical oncology care and oncology nursing. After a tumultuous 2020, results from the 2020 U.S. census were finally compiled and reported in August 2021.

My passion for oncology started when I was just eight years old. My mother sat with me and shared that my dad had cancer. I saw my father cry as I heard the news, so I immediately knew something was very, very wrong. My father was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma and was given only six months to...

Now that the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants have altered clinical oncology practice as we know it, let’s return to a familiar focus from the Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing —pain management. Much has happened during the past two years that influences the effective management of pain in...

Bearing witness in oncology nursing is a critical practice for supporting patients with cancer, and yet it is an understudied phenomenon most described at the end of life. A literature review was performed to better understand the importance of bearing witness across the cancer care trajectory and...