Oncology nursing forum
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The COVID-19 crisis continues. Worldwide, there have been roughly 6.3 million cases and 380,000 deaths. ⋯ Although the intensity of the need for effective treatments and a vaccine is ongoing, other issues have arisen that were not widely anticipated in the early days of the pandemic. Several of these consequences have brought a focus on issues that are at the heart of oncology nursing.
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Being a member-and the only nurse-of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Vice President Joe Biden's National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, announced during President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address, I have been asked to share my experience. I will do that, along with sharing how I became prepared for that role and discussing how you, too, can become involved in similar activities. .