Staci Oertle, RN, MSN, APN, AOCNP

A discussion on the impact of the CoC’s standards and the delivery of survivorship care plans.

The authors evaluate the effects of a physician-referred exercise program on self-reported CRF and QOL in early cancer survivors.

Did reading the title of this article invoke feelings of curiosity, dread, or intimidation? For clinical nurses, these are not uncommon responses to words like “abstract” or “research.”

As I embarked on my nursing career more than 25 years ago, I remember having feelings of both excitement and anxiety. I had just graduated with a degree as a registered nurse at 19 years old when I went for my first interview at a local community hospital in southern New Jersey—it was for a position with a medical surgical–oncology unit. I was interviewed by the unit’s nurse manager.