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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"cancer nursing"”.
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Oncology Nurses' Attitudes toward Cancer Clinical Trials and Their Perceptions of Patients' Understanding
Clinical trials in oncology that evaluate new cancer treatments are essential. However, in the United States only 2%-4% of eligible adult cancer patients participate in the National Cancer Institute's clinical trials annually. Oncology nurses have a major role in the care of patients contemplating …
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Ošetřovatelská péče o pacientku s diagnózou karcinom ovaria
… of this work is elaboration of case study, nursing care of the patient with ovarian cancer, 63 years old patient has been hospitalized on the clinic of gynecology and obstetric because of gynecology operation. The theoretical part deals with general introduction to the anatomy and physiology …
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A Wholistic Model of Cancer Care for Nursing Practice
Nursing today is affected by challenges to the beliefs and values underlying the delivery of health care services. Though nursing theory development, nursing has embraced a new paradigm in which the scientific medical model is being replaced by a model based on the concept of wholism. Key ideas …
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A study of uncertainty, depression and quality of life in patients with Lupus
… Quality of Life Scale of “National conference on Cancer Nursing”(1983) translated by Kim Hyun Soo(1997). Data were analyzed by SPSS 13.0 Program. Actual numbers, Percentage and standard deviation were laid to catch hold of the general character of samples and the character in connection with …
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Nurse Caring Behaviors Perceived as Most Important and Least Important by Adult Patients with Cancer
… characteristics of patients diagnosed with cancer.<br> 2. To determine what nurse caring behaviors are perceived as most important and least important by patients with cancer.<br> 3. To determine if perceptions of grouped nurse caring behaviors differ according to the patient's sex, …
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Conflict Resolution Among Terminally Ill Cancer Patients and Their Families: How Nurses Intervene
… healthy family who has a member with terminal cancer of the breast or prostate will experience increased conflict because of all the changes that occur with this prognosis. The problem explored in this study was how nurses facilitated conflict resolution among terminally ill patients and their …
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Women's Perception of Treatment Choices and Counseling for Early Breast Cancer
… treatment choice and counseling for early breast cancer. A questionnaire was used to collect data. Subjects were women who had mastectomies. Eighty questionnaires were mailed and forty were returned and utilized in the study analysis. Frequencies and percent ages were used to analyze the data.<br> …
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Mothers' perceptions of nursing support at the time of their children's diagnosis with leukemia
This study was conducted to determine what nursing actions, as perceived by mothers, are considered supportive at the time of their children's diagnosis with leukemia. A private interview consisting of two questions developed by the researcher was utilized to obtain information from 10 mothers. …
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Young Adult Women's Responses to Undergoing Treatment for Early Breast Cancer
<p>In the nearly two decades of cancer research in the United States, there has been little emphasis on the experiences of young adult women with breast cancer. I therefore adopted a qualitative multicase study method to explore the experiences of five young adult women from the time of discovery …
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The Effect of Professionally-Facilitated Group Support on Psychological Well-Being among Clients with Cancer
Many persons suffer from cancer, some of whom seek psychological relief through group support. Despite the widely held belief that group support helps, its efficacy has not been consistently evident in the scientific literature. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of …
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Dyspnea: Effect of Auricular Acupressure in End Stage Lung Cancer Patients, a Pilot Feasibility Study
… a debilitating symptom, common in advanced lung cancer patients, and poorly controlled. The National Institutes of Health has promoted the need for research regarding end of life care symptom control. Purpose: Conduct a feasibility study evaluating auricular acupressure effects on dyspnea in …
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Family Care Giver Knowledge, Patient Illness Characteristics, and Unplanned Hospital Admissions in Older Adults with Cancer
… are a recurring problem in older adults with cancer. Older adults comprise approximately 60% of cancer diagnoses and receive the majority of cancer treatment. However, little is known about why older adults under treatment for cancer experience a high number of unplanned hospital admissions. A …
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Transitions in Palliative Care: Referral Time and Healthcare Utilization in Advanced Stage Colon, Rectal and Lung Cancer Patients.
<p>Background: Despite lung, colon, and rectal cancer being the leading and third leading cause of cancer-related death among both men and women respectively, few studies have examined Palliative Care Consultation (PCC) on healthcare utilization (HCU) in individuals with advanced stage diagnosis in …