A defect in any step of hemostasis can lead to potentially catastrophic results. The purpose of this article is to review hemostatic physiology, laboratory studies, and management of platelet and coagulation disorders to familiarize the advanced practice RN (APRN) with this often overlooked but...

Background: Anthracycline chemotherapies are effective in many different types of cancer. However, cumulative doses are associated with irreversible cardiac toxicity, most frequently manifested in the development of left ventricular dysfunction, cardiomyopathy, and congestive heart failure. The...

Background: Penicillin allergy testing (PAT) can decrease the use of unnecessary antibiotics by clarifying who is truly allergic. Objectives: This article describes the development and implementation of an oncology outpatient nurse-driven PAT program. Methods: A nurse-driven program, initiated with...

Background: Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) is a rare, clinically aggressive, and often fatal hematologic malignancy. BPDCN is not a new entity, but it has been renamed and reclassified, which, in part, contributes to it being underrecognized. In 2018, tagraxofusp became the...