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This questionnaire can be used to start conversations with patients and families to ensure their needs and preferences will be honored when it matters most.

Learn more about the FDA Medwatch program and how nurses can recognize and report adverse events through the Recognize it; Report it online resource.

Loss of fertility is a potential late effect of cancer treatment and can be a source of substantial emotional distress for young patients hoping to start or grow their family. View this huddle card to review treatment risk factors for infertility, preservation options, and nursing considerations.

Review this Huddle Card on the oncologic emergency disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The card explores DIC’s risk factors, manifestations, assessment, treatment, and nursing interventions. This is a great educational resource for you and your colleagues.

This huddle card is a refresher on the oncologic emergency cardiac tamponade. This card includes information on risk factors, manifestations, assessment, treatment, and nursing interventions for cardiac tamponade.

This card explores how cancer and cancer treatments can affect a person’s sexuality and intimate relationships. Sexual expression and desire do not take a break because of a cancer diagnosis or cancer treatments. This card covers symptoms related to cancer that affect sexuality, nursing considerations when caring for a patient experiencing these issues, and barriers to supporting patients’ sexuality.

Individually or within a group, review this card on the basic principles of tumor grading, including the process for grading and how it is used in combination with other factors to determine prognosis.

Review this huddle card to learn how clinical trials impact cancer care and the oncology nurse's role in caring for patients enrolled in clinical trials. This card covers the different phases of a trial and the nursing considerations for those working with patients in a clinical trial.

Learn how angiogenesis inhibitors work in cancer treatment plans. This huddle card reviews how the mechanism of action contributes to side effects and side effects management.

Late or delayed effects are complications caused by cancer treatment that arise months or years after treatment ends. This huddle card highlights the treatment modalities linked to the risk of late effects and provides nursing considerations.