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he Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) promotes excellence in oncology nursing and quality cancer care. In keeping with this mission, since 2001, ONS has developed and disseminated a Research Agenda identifying priority areas where new knowledge is urgently needed. The purpose of the Research Agenda is two-fold: it includes both the development and dissemination of contemporary research priorities needed to advance cancer care and delineates critical areas to be considered by research funders.A multimethod approach was used to develop the Research Agenda. ONS identified content experts to serve on the project team. This team was broken into smaller work groups to address various tasks that needed to be accomplished to update the Research Agenda. The first work group was convened to review the previous process used to formulate the prior ONS Research Agenda and discuss the best way to update the process in a scientifically rigorous yet time-and resource-efficient manner (Knobf et al., 2015). The previous process spanned multiple years and involved surveying ONS members, publishing survey results, and then convening an expert panel to update the Research Agenda based on survey responses. Given the low response rates (11%) and the lack of a clear set of focused research priorities that emerged from analysis of the survey results, an alternative approach was discussed to actively engage ONS members with expertise in research together with other key stakeholders to yield a focused set of research priorities (LoBiondo-Wood et al., 2014).A condensed process was recommended by the work group to identify a focused set of contemporary

Cancer patients treated with parenteral chimeric or humanized monoclonal antibody agents or chemotherapy are at risk of experiencing an infusion reaction. The impact of infusion reactions can be substantial. Infusion reactions, even when mild, can be disruptive and stressful. In-person interviews with 202 nurses were conducted at the 2005 Annual Oncology Nursing Society Congress to evaluate the impact of infusion reactions on patients and nurses in the inpatient and outpatient practice settings. Results from this survey study suggest that infusion reactions have a significant negative impact on both patients and nurses.

Oncology nurses play important roles in identifying patients at risk for cardiac tamponade and in recognizing signs and symptoms of cardiac tamponade early so this life-threatening emergency can be treated promptly.