{"title":"Buprenorphine: Applications in Oncology and Palliative Care.","authors":"Shila Pandey, Jennifer Viola","doi":"10.1188/25.CJON.119-124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.119-124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pain is a frequent symptom reported by people with cancer. As a result of advances in cancer treatments, patients are living longer with chronic pain syndromes. Because of the opioid epidemic, many clinicians have been hesita.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":"29 2","pages":"119-124"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Climate Change and Cancer Care.","authors":"Deborah K Mayer, Mary McCabe","doi":"10.1188/25.CJON.110-111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.110-111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To commemorate ONS's 50th anniversary in 2025, throughout the year, we will be reprinting seminal editorials written by former editors of the Oncology Nursing Forum and the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing that have.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":"29 2","pages":"110-111"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of Housing, Food, and Transportation Insecurities on Patients With Cancer.","authors":"Lisa Howard, John Bourgeois","doi":"10.1188/25.CJON.170-173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.170-173","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cancer incidence is rising among people who are unhoused or experiencing housing insecurity, with barriers to accessing care contributing to high mortality rates. Social determinants of health, such as safe housing, transport.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":"29 2","pages":"170-173"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Promoting Effective Pain Assessment: A Quality Improvement Project.","authors":"Dorothie S Durosier Mertilus","doi":"10.1188/25.CJON.144-150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.144-150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Pain management is a major healthcare concern, particularly for patients with cancer. About 51.6 million American adults experience chronic pain, with 17.1 million experiencing high-impact chronic pain. The staff nurses on the surgical oncology unit of a large community hospital did not fully adhere to updated evidence-based practice guidelines for pain management.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The purpose of this quality improvement project was to improve pain assessment practices on the surgical oncology unit of a 471-bed hospital.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-nine nurses participated in this quality improvement project implemented across a three-month period. The intervention consisted of pre- and post-tests, two identical educational training sessions offered at different times for scheduling flexibility, interviews, and chart audits. The pre-/post-test design evaluated nurses' knowledge of pain assessment before and after the intervention.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>This project found that expanding nurses' knowledge about pain assessment (t = 8.03, p < 0.001) resulted in increased adherence to national standards for pain management, including better charting practices. The pain assessment documentation rate increased from 18% to 29%.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":"29 2","pages":"144-150"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Barriers and Solutions to Cancer Screening in Gender Minority Populations.","authors":"Stephanie Gayhart","doi":"10.1188/25.CJON.180-183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.180-183","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gender minority groups, comprising individuals whose gender identity and/or expression differ from their sex assigned at birth, experience significant health disparities in the United States and abroad. Members of this popula.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":"29 2","pages":"180-183"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nurse-Led Tobacco Cessation for Veterans Using Motivational Interviewing in a Lung Cancer Screening Program.","authors":"Teri A Pagano, Muhammad K Hanif","doi":"10.1188/25.CJON.130-134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.130-134","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lung cancer screening (LCS) programs provide an optimal setting for interventions to help individuals quit smoking, and more than 50% of people who seek LCS actively smoke tobacco products. This quality improvement project ai.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":"29 2","pages":"130-134"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristin Marie Ferguson, Farele Telfort, Celestine G Gochett
{"title":"Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy for Melanoma: Nursing Considerations.","authors":"Kristin Marie Ferguson, Farele Telfort, Celestine G Gochett","doi":"10.1188/25.CJON.125-129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.125-129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Clinicians have used commercially available cellular therapy to treat hematologic malignancies since 2017. In February 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first commercial cellular therapy-lifileucel, a.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":"29 2","pages":"125-129"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
La-Urshalar Brock, Katherine A Yeager, Ilana Graetz, Nicholas A Giordano
{"title":"Optimizing Assessment of and Education About Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Among Breast Cancer Survivors.","authors":"La-Urshalar Brock, Katherine A Yeager, Ilana Graetz, Nicholas A Giordano","doi":"10.1188/25.CJON.113-118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.113-118","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Breast cancer survivors often face numerous challenges during and after treatment, including chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) from neurotoxic antineoplastic treatments. Delayed or underreported CIPN may resul.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":"29 2","pages":"113-118"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dwight F Hettler, Shannon Moreland, Meghan Underhill-Blazey, Arpan Patel
{"title":"Patient-Provider Cost-of-Care Conversations to Prevent Financial Toxicity.","authors":"Dwight F Hettler, Shannon Moreland, Meghan Underhill-Blazey, Arpan Patel","doi":"10.1188/25.CJON.135-143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.135-143","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patient-provider cost-of-care conversations are one method to decrease the burden of financial distress. However, providers have identified a lack of confidence in initiating these conversations and time constraints as barriers.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To improve provider confidence and patient satisfaction in four oncology clinics, a practice improvement initiative was conducted to evaluate a patient-provider cost-of-care conversation protocol.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two physicians and four advanced practice providers implemented the protocol in their clinics. Twenty-three patients participated in cost conversations with their providers during a routine clinic visit. Seventeen patients agreed to complete a follow-up interview.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Provider confidence with initiating cost-of-care conversations improved post-protocol implementation. Provider feedback reflected support for the protocol and new insight into patients' struggles with treatment-related financial toxicity. Patients reported being highly satisfied when discussing treatment costs with their providers. Comments from patients reflected their appreciation that providers took the time to discuss their financial concerns.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":"29 2","pages":"135-143"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Telehealth Education for Assessment: A Pathway to Success.","authors":"Kelly Bonenfant, Una Moore, Jennifer Lopez","doi":"10.1188/25.CJON.174-179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1188/25.CJON.174-179","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the COVID-19 pandemic, oncology nurses at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center adapted to new ways of assessing patients through telehealth technologies, which revealed a learning gap in their skills for remote evalu.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":"29 2","pages":"174-179"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143647473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}