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Communication Training: Needs Among Oncology Nurses Across the Cancer Continuum

Elaine Wittenberg
Joy Goldsmith
Haley Buller
Sandra L. Ragan
Betty Ferrell
CJON 2019, 23(1), 82-91 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.82-91
Background: Oncology nurses are responsible for communication-aimed prognosis, patient education about cancer care and treatment, survivorship, and care coordination. Communication difficulties and uncomfortable communication topics put nurses at risk for compassion fatigue. Objectives: Supporting...
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The Role of Oncology Nurses as Ethicists: Training, Opportunities, and Implications for Practice

Joyce Neumann
Valerie Counts
Colleen Jernigan
CJON 2019, 23(1), 103-107 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.103-107
Ethical challenges are inherent in oncology clinical practice. Ranging from transitions in care to code status and treatment decisions, these ethical challenges can have an acute effect on nurses, with well-established connections to moral distress and other psycho-emotional sequelae. The...
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Invaluable Resources

Ellen Carr
CJON 2019, 23(1), 11 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.11
As an oncology nurse and lifelong beneficiary of libraries and librarians, I know that libraries provide a solid foundation to frame our points of view, practice strategies, and policies. Even in this age of “just Google that,” any sturdy, scholarly response is rooted in the literature, relying on...
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From the Editor

What if Life Is Not Worth Living?

Anne Katz
ONF 2018, 45(6), 679-680 DOI: 10.1188/18.ONF.679-680
I tend to become reflective as the end of each year approaches. Thinking about what I managed to achieve during the past 12 months, what I have left undone, and how to try to make the next 12 months better occupies my mind as I drive to and from work or while on my treadmill. The year that is...
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Response to "Nephrotoxicity: Evidence in Patients Receiving Cisplatin Therapy"

Mehdi Nematbakhsh
CJON 2018, 22(5), 477-478 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.477-478
An article by Duffy, Fitzgerald, Boyle, and Rohatgi (2018) was published in the April issue of the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing . Based on review, the authors suggested some clinical recommendations to protect the kidneys against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity, including hydration or...
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