Pediatric Oncology Nursing

Introduction.- Symptoms and symptom management status.- Patient reported outcomes as an area of science with practice implications.- Self-care management - patient.- Exercise/Physical activity.- Family centered care and family member's self-care.- Palliative care and end of life care, including communication.- Treatment decision making.- Technology for monitoring.- Patient Resiliency.- Nurse Resiliency and Self-Care.- Staffing.- Survivorship.- Simulation/ Education.- Genetics.- Adherence with Healt Prescriptions.- Young Adult.- Alternative/ Complementary Interventions.- Patient and Family Education.- Direct Supportive Care by the Nurse. 

Pamela S. Hinds, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Executive Director of the Department of Nursing Science, Professional Practice, and Quality, the William and Joanne Conway Endowed Chair in Nursing Research, and the Research Integrity Officer at Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C., and a Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. She is adjunct professor for the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, and the University of Maryland College of Nursing. Dr. Hinds has created and led research related to the pediatric cancer experience, quality of life, fatigue, and altered sleep during the treatment of pediatric cancers, and end-of-life communication and decision making. She served on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee on end-of-life and palliative care for children in America (2003) and on the committee on dying in America (2015), the National Quality Forum panel on palliative and end-of-life care in America, and the IOM committee on Dying in America (2014) and is currently serving on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness (2016-20). Dr. Hinds is an Oncology Nursing Society Distinguished Nurse Researcher and the Association of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology Distinguished Nurse Researcher. She is Editor-in-Chief for the journal, CANCER NURSING: An International Cancer Journal.
Lauri A. Linder, PhD, APRN, CPON, is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing and pediatric oncology clinical nurse specialist at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is also a member of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences group at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dr. Linder's research interests relate to symptom management and supportive care for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer across