Conference recommendations: practice, administration, research, education, and healthcare policy

Abstract

Small-group discussions following the presentation of papers at the Second Invitational Conference on the Role of the Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist, held at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, resulted in a wide range of recommendations in the areas of practice, administration, research, education, and healthcare policy issues. Recommendations are provided to further delineate the roles of oncology clinical nurse specialists (OCNSs), to increase their visibility, and to promote creative efforts to emply these skilled individuals more effectively in the future.