As with past editions, this resource covers the role of the radiation oncology nurse and minimum qualifications for and expanded scope of radiation oncology nursing practice. It contains additional terms of patient education, assessment, symptom management, documentation, radiation protection and quality improvement. It also includes new sections on evidence-based practice, new technology, pediatrics, palliative care, nuclear and radiologic bioterrorism, clinical trials and radiation oncology resources. Finally, this e-book provides specific guidelines for the education of nurses new to radiation oncology and for the practice of quality radiation
oncology nursing care.

Deborah Watkins Bruner, RN, PhD
Associate Member, Population Science and Radiation Oncology
Director, Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment Program
Director, Symptoms and Outcomes Research
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Cheltenham, Pennsylvania

Marilyn L. Haas, PhD, RN, CNS, ANP-C
Nurse Practitioner
Mountain Radiation Oncology
Asheville, North Carolina

Tracy K. Gosselin-Acomb, RN, MSN, AOCN®
Clinical Operations Director
Department of Radiation Oncology
Duke University Health System
Durham, North Carolina