APHON’s Essentials of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing: A Core Curriculum is designed to serve as the authoritative resource and training tool to assist nurses and other healthcare professionals practicing within and supporting the specialty of pediatric hematology/oncology nursing.
The Fifth Edition is coming soon
This book covers a wide body of knowledge and includes information on the pathophysiology, etiology, treatment, side effects, and supportive care of pediatric hematology/oncology diseases.
Sample chapters:
- Hematologic and Immune System Physiology
- Pediatric Cancers
- Pediatric Hematologic Conditions
- Treatment Modalities
- Side Effects of Treatment
- Patient and Family Education
- Late Effects of Childhood Cancer
- Palliative Care and Care of the Terminally Ill Child
For over 25 years the Essentials of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing: A Core Curriculum has been a valued tool for university departments of nursing as well as in the hospitals and clinics serving pediatric patients and their families.
APHON thanks the many expert individuals who contributed to making the fifth edition possible:
Editors
Ruth Anne Herring, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC, CPHON®
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Children’s Health
Dallas, TX
Lauri A. Linder, PhD, APRN, CPON®, FAAN, FAPHON
University of Utah, College of Nursing
Primary Children’s Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT
Section Editors
Terri Boyce, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC, CPHON®, BMTCN®
Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Pediatrics
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
Portland, OR
Elizabeth Duffy, DNP, RN, CPNP
University of Michigan, School of Nursing
Ann Arbor, MI
Mary Lynn Rae, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CPHON®, BMTCN®
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Kaye Schmidt, MA, RN, CPHON®, NEA-BC
Dell Children’s Medical Center
Austin, TX
Authors
| Linda Z. Abramovitz, MSN, RN, CNS, BMTCN® University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA | Sameeya Ahmed-Winston, MSN, PNP-PC, CPHON®, BMTCN® Children’s National Hospital Washington, DC | Sharifa Al-Qaaydeh, PhD, RN University of Utah, College of Nursing Salt Lake City, UT | Diane Altounji, DNP, RN, CPHON® Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Christina Baggott, PhD, RN, PPCNP-BC, CPON®, FAPHON Stanford Cancer Institute Stanford, CA | Patricia Wills Bagnato, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CPHON® Houston Christian University Houston, TX |
| Lisa Bashore, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CPON® Cook Children’s Health Care System Fort Worth, TX | Tonya Lynn Bauer, MSN, RN, CPON®, OCN® Norton Cancer Institute Louisville, KY | Cynthia Bell, PhD, RN Corewell Health Grand Rapids, MI | Paula Belson, PhD, CRNA, FAANA Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Mindy Bibart, DNP, RN, CPHON®, NEA-BC, CPPS, CSSBB Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, OH | Angie Blackwell, MSN, RN, ACCNS-P, CPON® Children’s Hospital of Orange County Orange, CA |
| Karyn Brundige, MSN, RN, ARNP, CPNP, FAPHON Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MS | Dyane Bunnell, DNP, APRN, AOCNS, CPON®, NPD-BC Nemours Children’s Health Wilmington, DE | Claire A. Carlson, BSN, RN Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | Katherine Bernier Carney, PhD, RN University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | Lei Cheng, PhD, RN Fudan University, School of Nursing Shanghai, China | Brooke Cherven, PhD, RN, CPON® Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA |
| Lindsay Cole, MS, RN, CPNP-PC, CPHON® Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, OH | Renee Connor, MSN, RN, CPN, NE-BC Phoenix Children’s Hospital Phoenix, AZ | Teresa M. Conte, PhD, CPNP, FAPHON University of Scranton Scranton, PA | Kelly Coyne, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC, CPHON® Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Joan O’Hanlon Curry, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, CPON®, NEA-BC, FAAN, FAPHON University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX | Kristen Dalton, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC, CPHON® Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA |
| Lauren Daniel, PhD Rutgers University – Camden Camden, NJ | Karina Danner-Koptik, MSN, APRN-CNS, CPON® Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Mary Jo DeCourcy, MScN, RN(EC), CPHON® Children’s Hospital London Health Sciences Centre London, ON, Canada | Janet DeJean, MSN, RN, CPON® Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, TX | Yael Derman, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC, CPHON® Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Branlyn DeRosa, PhD Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA |
| Addie Durbin, MSN, RN Cook Children’s Medical Center Fort Worth, TX | Ijeoma Julie Eche-Ugwu, PhD, MPH, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, CPHON®, BMTCN® Dana Farber Cancer Institute Boston, MA | Deborah Echtenkamp, MS, APRN-CNS, CPON®, FAPHON Children’s Health Dallas, TX | Debra Eshelman-Kent, DNP, APRN, CPNP University of Texas San Antonio Mays Cancer Center/MD Anderson San Antonio, TX | Misty Evans, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC, BMTCN® Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | Amanda Fickbohm, BSN, RN, CPHON®, CPN St. Louis Children’s Hospital St. Louis, MO |
| Cheryl Fischer, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | Beth Fisher, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC, CPON®, CHPPN Augusta University College of Nursing Wellstar MCG Children’s Hospital of Georgia Augusta, GA Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA | Sarah Fox-Smith, MN, RN, CPHON® Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Leslie and Irene Dube School of Nursing Regina, SK, Canada | Erin Friedman, BSN, RN, CPHON® St. Louis Children’s Hospital St. Louis, MO | Larissa N. Gadsby, MScN, NP-Paediatrics London Health Sciences Centre London, ON, Canada | Leah Garza, BSN, RN, CPHON®, CPN Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, TX |
| Elizabeth A. Gilger, MSN, APRN, CPNP Retired Cincinnati, OH | Austyn Grim, PharmD, BCPPS Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Winston-Salem, N | Anne Gallegos Harvey, DNP, APRN, CPNP Primary Children’s Hospital Salt Lake City, UT | Susan Harvey, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC Children’s National Hospital Washington, DC | Amy C. Haskamp, MSN-PCNS-BC, CPON®, CHHPN, RPCN Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health Indianapolis, IN | TaTonisha Green Henderson, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CPHON® University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX |
| Teresa Herriage, DNP, APRN, CNP, CPHON® Children’s Minnesota Minneapolis, MN | Marika Highberger, MSN, APRN, PNP-PC, BMTCN® Baylor College of Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, TX | Holly Remington Kubaney, MSN, PPCNP-BC, CPHON®, FAPHON Dell Children’s Medical Center Austin, TX | Jill Lee, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC, CPON® University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital Minneapolis, MN | Barbara Lockart, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC, CPHON® Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Amanda J. Lulloff, PhD, ARNP-CS, CNS, CPON® Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Seattle, WA |
| Catherine Fiona Macpherson, PhD, RN, CPON®, FAPHON Seattle Children’s Hospital Seattle, WA | Kathryn Matson, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC, CPHON® Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA | Stephanie Matthies, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Lea Mayer, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CPHON® Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Erin McDonough, MS, APRN Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Jeneane Miller, MSN, RN, CPON® Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA |
| Denise Mills, MN, RN(EC), NP, CPHON® McMaster Children’s Hospital Hamilton, ON, Canada | Jana Montez, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CPHON® Banner University Medical Center Tuscon, AZ | Julie Moreton, MSN, RN, CPHON®, CPN Prisma Health Children’s Hospital-Midlands Columbia, SC | Jessica D. Murphy, DNP, CRNP, CPNP-AC, CPHON®, CNE Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Baltimore, MD | Mary Newman, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CPON® Nemours Children’s Health Wilmington, DE | Nancy A. Noonan, MSN, RN, PCNS-BC, BMTCN® UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Oakland, CA |
| Janice Nuuhiwa, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CPHON® Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Maura Padula, BSN, RN, CPHON® Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA | Margaret T. Perry, BSN, RN Children’s National Hospital Washington, DC | Elaine Pottenger, MS, RN, CPNP-PC, PMHS Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | Kimberly E. Powers, MA, APRN Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Olivia Prebus, MSN, RN, CPHON®, NC-BC Nemours Children’s Health Wilmington, DE |
| Joanne Quillen, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE | Kasey Rangan, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC, CPHON® Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Susan Reid, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CPHON® San Fernando Community Health Center San Fernando, CA | Kathleen Ruccione, PhD, RN, CPON®, FAAN, FAPHON Asuza Pacific University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences Asuza, CA | Maritza Salazar-Abshire, MSN, MEd, RN, CPON® University of Texas Houston, TX | Beth Savage, PhD, RN, APN, CPNP, CPON® Rutgers University School of Nursing Newark, NJ |
| Michelle Schuster, MSN, RN, CPHON® Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA | Lisa Schwartz, PhD Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | Rita Secola, PhD, RN, CPON®, NEA-BC, FAAN Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Kenneth K. Seidl, BA, BSN, RN Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Barbara Speller-Brown, DNP, APRN Children’s National Hospital Washington, DC | Aleida C. Stark, BSN, RN, CPHON®, CPN Texas Children’s Hospital Houston, TX |
| Kristin Stegenga, PhD, CPON®, FAPHON Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO | Clifton P. Thornton, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CPHON® Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia University of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | Kathryn Tomlinson, BSN, RN Children’s Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI | Megan Urban, MSN, APRN, CPNP Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Elizabeth A. Vessey, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC Primary Children’s Hospital Salt Lake City, UT | Kaaren Waters, DNP, RN, PNP, CPNP-PC, CPHON® Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
| Kari Wheeler, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC, BMTCN®, CPHON®, CPN Pediatric Specialists of Virginia Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Fairfax, VA | Stacy Whiteside, MS, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC, CPON®, FAPHON Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, OH | Faye Willen, MSN, APRN, CPON® Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, OH | Amanda Williams, MSPAS, PA-C Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL | Nadia Wilson, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY | Brittany Wright, MSN, MBA, RN, CPHON® Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL |
| Christine Yun, MSN, RN, PNP, CNS, CPON® Children’s Hospital Orange County Orange, CA | Lauren Zakes, MS, APRN, CPNP-AC, CPHON® Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, OH |
Reviewers
| Lisa Bashore, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, CPON® Cook Children’s Health Care System Fort Worth, TX | Kristin M. Belderson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC, CPON® Children’s Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO | Susie Burke, MA, APRN, RN, CPNP, CPHON® Camp One Step – Children’s Oncology Services Whitefish Bay, WI | Jami Gattuso, MSN, RN, CPON®, FAAN, FAPHON St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis, TN | Mary C. Hooke, PhD, APRN, PCNS-BC, FAAN, FAPHON University of Minnesota, School of Nursing Minneapolis, MN |
| Katherine Patterson Kelly, PhD, RN, CPON® Children’s National Hospital Washington, DC | Deborah A. Lafond, DNP, APRN, PPCNP-BC, CPON®, CHPPN, FPCN, FAAN, FAPHON PANDA Education Consultants Lakeland, FL | Wendy Landier, PhD, CRNP, CPNP, CPON® University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL | Kathleen E. Montgomery, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing Madison, WI | Amy Newman, PhD, RN, APNP, CPNP-PC, CPHON® Marquette University Children’s Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI |
| Colleen Nixon, MSN, RN, CPON®, NPD-BC Boston Children’s Hospital, now retired Boston, MA | Kathy Perko, MS, ARNP, PPCNP-BC, CPON®, CHPPN, CPLC, FPCN, FAPHON University of Washington Seattle, WA | Jennifer L. Raybin, PhD, RN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC/AC Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Pediatrics Portland, OR | Beth Siever, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC, CPON® Children’s National Hospital Washington, DC | Micah Skeens, PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC, FAAN Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, OH |
| Michelle Skinner, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC Oregon Health and Science University, Department of Pediatrics Portland, OR | Liz Sniderman, MPH, MSN, NP, CPNP-PC, CPHON® Stollery Children’s Hospital Northern Alberta Children’s Cancer Program Edmonton, AB, Canada | Kristin Stegenga, PhD, CPON®, FAPHON Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO | Jennifer Tiller, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC, CPHON® Dell Children’s Medical Center Austin, TX | Lindsey Ward, BSN, RN, CPN, CPHON® Arkansas Children’s Hospital Little Rock, AR |
| Melody Ann Watral, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC, CPON®-Emeritus Retired Chapel Hill, NC | Jennifer Young, MS, RN, CPNP-AC, CPHON® Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus, OH | Erin Zuck, MSN, RN, CPHON®, NPD-BC Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA |