Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN®) Review

Denise Menonna-Quinn DNP, RN-BC, AOCNS, BMTCN, earned her master's degree in clinical nursing from Seton Hall University, West Orange, New Jersey, and DNP degree at William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey. Dr. Menonna-Quinn is a classroom and clinical instructor at several colleges and universities in northern New Jersey; however, she has made her greatest contribution to nursing in the clinical arena. She has dedicated her more than 30-year clinical career to the care of oncology patients, holding a variety of roles including staff nurse, clinical nurse specialist, breast cancer nurse coordinator, education specialist, insurance nurse navigator for melanoma patients seeking bone marrow transplants, and ambulatory chemotherapy administration nurse. She brings deep passion and compassion to the care of complex oncology patients, resulting in trusting and meaningful nurse–patient relationships. Dr. Menonna-Quinn also has extensive experience developing and leading review courses for the OCN and Advanced Oncology Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist exams.

Contributors
Preface
PART I. CERTIFICATION AND EXAM INFORMATION
Chapter 1. Oncology Nursing Certification
Chapter 2. Test-Taking Strategies
PART II. FOUNDATIONS OF ONCOLOGY PRACTICE
Chapter 3. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Concepts
Chapter 4. Screening, Early Detection, and Prevention Practices
Chapter 5. Carcinogenesis and the Role of Genes
Chapter 6. Treatment Modalities for Malignancies
Chapter 7. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Chapter 8. Research and Clinical Trials
PART III. DISEASE-SPECIFIC CANCERS
SECTION I: SOLID TUMORS
Chapter 9. Skin Cancers
Chapter 10. Brain and Nervous system Cancers
Chapter 11. Lung Cancers
Chapter 12. Breast Cancers
Chapter 13. Gastrointestinal Cancers
Chapter 14. Genitourinary and Male and Female Reproductive Cancers
Chapter 15. Prostate Cancer
Chapter 16. Head and Neck Cancers
SECTION II: LIQUID TUMORS
Chapter 17. Leukemia
Chapter 18. Lymphoma
Chapter 19. Multiple Myeloma
PART IV. SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT AND ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
Chapter 20. Integumentary Side Effects
Chapter 21. Hematologic Side Effects
Chapter 22. Pulmonary Side Effects
Chapter 23. Cardiac Side Effects
Chapter 24. Gastrointestinal Side Effects
Chapter 25. Genitourinary Side Effects and Hepatotoxicity
Chapter 26. Neurological Side Effects
PART V. ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES
Chapter 27. Oncologic Emergencies
PART VI. SURVIVORSHIP AND END-OF-LIFE CARE
Chapter 28. Survivorship
Chapter 29. End-of-Life Care
PART VII. PSYCHOSOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CARE
Chapter 30. Psychosocial Issues
Chapter 31. Cancer and Sexual Health
PART VIII. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Chapter 32. Standards of Professional Performance
PART IX. PRACTICE TEST
Chapter 33. Practice Test
Chapter 34. Practice Test: Answers with Rationales