Oncology Nurse Practitioner Competencies

The Oncology Nurse Practitioner Competencies reflect the work of a multi-organizational national panel. In 2005, ONS convened the panel, representing six national nursing organizations whose foci include advanced practice regis¬tered nursing education, oncology nursing practice, and certification of oncology nurse practitioners. Additional educa¬tors and practitioners were included on the national panel. ONS facilitated the work of the national panel through three phases that encompassed development, field review by practicing ONPs, and external validation of the competencies. The process used for this project models that used for the development of the Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Com¬petencies in Specialty Areas: Adult, Family, Gerontological, Pediatric, and Women’s Health (National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties [NONPF] & American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2002) and the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Competencies (NONPF, 2004).

The national panel convened for the first time in February 2005 at the ONS National Office in Pittsburgh, PA. Dur¬ing this meeting, the group reviewed the existing body of work, including standards of practice for oncology APRNs and existing competencies for nurse practitioners (see Appendix A) and began drafting the competencies. The national panel agreed that the Oncology Nurse Practitioner Competencies would build upon the core competencies for all nurse practitioners, and the panel agreed to use the same framework as that used for the primary care competencies in specialty areas.

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