Oncology Nurse Generalist Competencies: Oncology Nursing Society’s Initiative to Establish Best Practice.

BACKGROUND

A project team was formulated by the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) to create evidence-based oncology nurse generalist (ONG) competencies to establish best practices in competency development, including high-risk tasks, critical thinking criteria, and measurement of key areas for oncology nurses.

OBJECTIVES

This article aims to describe the process and the development of ONG competencies.

METHODS

This article describes how the ONG competencies were accomplished, and includes outcomes and suggestions for use in clinical practice.

FINDINGS

Institutions can use the ONG competencies to assess and develop competency programs, offer unique educational strategies to measure and appraise proficiency, and establish processes to foster a workplace environment committed to mentoring and teaching future oncology nurses.