title: Oncology nursing essentials: then and now.
abstract: Forty years ago, in 1975, if you were a practicing clinical oncology nurse, you may have been working in an inpatient setting, acting as a primary care nurse during your 8- to 10-hour shift, and caring for patients with lymphoma or leukemia who were receiving multiple-day infusion treatment. These patients, most of whom were receiving a variation of standard chemotherapy regimens, were treated as inpatients because they were or would be very sick, based on their reaction to chemotherapy and their need for urgent symptom management.  .
authors.affiliation: Nurse Case Manager, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: Ellen R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D005544:Forecasting; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000639:trends; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States
keywords: interprofessional communication; patient-centered care; staff development and education; symptom science; treatment plans