Advancing Antibiotic Stewardship Nursing Practice Through Standardized Education: A Pilot Study.

Background Antibiotic resistance is a leading global public health threat. Nurses are well positioned to optimize antibiotic use via targeted antibiotic stewardship (AS) nursing practices. However, standardized AS education for nurses is lacking.

Implementation of an Outpatient HD-MTX Initiative.

Introduction: Methotrexate (MTX) a folate antagonist is often given in high doses (≥500 mg/m) to treat a variety of disease processes. While inpatient administration has been the norm, outpatient administration, has been shown to be safe, effective, and patient centered. Here in we describe development of an outpatient HDMTX protocol and our initial experience.

Oncology nursing: educating advanced practice nurses to provide culturally competent care.

More than 37 million persons or 12.4% of the U.S.

Facing forward: meeting the rehabilitation needs of cancer survivors.

Decreased physical functioning, either transient or enduring, is encountered by many individuals at various points in the cancer trajectory. Oncology nurses are well positioned to promote functional recovery, as they have intensive contact with cancer patients in multiple settings and throughout all phases of the disease continuum. This article reviews effective screening tools that nurses can use to identify the rehabilitation needs of individual patients and initiate appropriate interventions or referrals for additional rehabilitation services.