The goal of the Second Annual Institutes of Learning is to provide participants with a comprehensive learning experience in a focused area of oncology nursing.

Purpose/Objectives: To describe the experiences of oncology nurses who participated in a national workshop to prepare nurses to lead the transformation of cancer care and to illustrate the range of possibilities available to nurses motivated to affect positive change. Data Sources: Literature on...

We welcomed the New Year 2000 in with new expectations and excitement and somehow talked about “new” and “millennium” as though our lives, professional and personal, would be different—that we would feel different and that we would see differences in our environment. We looked forward with...

On February 18, 2001, Maryl Lynne Winningham, PhD, RN, FACSM, died from metastatic breast cancer, which was diagnosed only 10 months previously. She was 53 years old. Maryl is survived by her housemate of 18 years, Barbara A. Preusser, PhD, FNP, RN, her father, Jerry, and three brothers, David,...