Newton Susie, Woods Jennifer
Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
ONS Connect. 2010 Sep;25(9):8-11.
As the care of patients with cancer has shifted from the inpatient arena to the outpatient setting, the traditional role of outpatient oncology nurses has also changed. Outpatient oncology nurses must not only be knowledgeable about disease processes and care of patients in the clinic, but they must also be skilled in telephone nursing triage.