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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"oncology nursing"”.
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Giving voice to the vulnerable: Advocacy and oncology nursing
… use of the term, there is no consensus among nursing professionals on a definition of advocacy, how to teach it, measure it, and determine its effectiveness. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to generate descriptions of the cognitive and social processes of advocacy as it is …
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Oncology Nurses' inferences of patients' pain
… using a mailed-out questionnaire surveyed 85 Oncology Nursing Society members to determine variables that may affect inferences of patient pain, i.e., nurse’s age, number of years in nursing, number of years in oncology nursing, specialty area within oncology and patient age, sex, and type of …
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An Investigation into the Prevalence of and Relationships Among Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, Compassion Satisfaction, and Self-Transcendence in Oncology Nurses
<p>PROBLEM: Oncology nursing is an emotionally demanding profession where nurses witness repeated patient suffering and death placing them at risk for adverse emotional effects such as compassion fatigue (CF) and burnout (BO). Despite this risk, many oncology nurses describe an intense satisfaction …
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Clearing the Pathway to Chemotherapy Certification for Inpatient Nurses
… project was conducted, in a medical-surgical oncology unit in a community-based hospital, to evaluate and improve upon the decreasing number of chemotherapy certified nurses. A Likert survey of the nurses provided a self-assessment of competency in handling chemotherapy patients, and perceived …
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Perceptions of music therapy among oncology nurses
… the perceptions of music therapy among oncology nurses to pinpoint areas in which music therapists can further advocate for the profession and educate the nursing staff. The study's research objectives included: (a) Examining the perceptions of music therapy regarding role, purpose of …
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Predicting the severity of radiation skin reactions in women with breast cancer
… of the skin using the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group scoring system were recorded throughout the seven weeks of treatment. The breast was divided into eight anatomical sites to increase specificity in the final analysis. The mean inter-rater reliability of RTOG scoring between the three …
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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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O uso da técnica de hipodermóclise em pacientes com câncer avançado: uma revisão integrativa
… para a Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS) e oncology nursing [OR] “palliative care” [AND] hypodermoclysis para a PUBMED, resultando em 102 estudos, dos quais 16 foram incluídos. Resultados: foram selecionados 16 artigos que atingiam o objetivo e a questão norteadora deste estudo, estes foram …
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Increasing staff comfort in performing conscious sedation during brachytherapy : a teaching quality improvement project
… sedation; however, there was concern from the nursing staff regarding patient safety, due to the lack of hands-on experience administering these new medications. Purpose: The goal of this quality improvement project was to provide a formal instructional experience that increased the …
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Complementary and Alternattve Medicine: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices of Oncology Nurses
… investigate the knowledge, beliefs, practice of oncology nurses regarding complementary and alternative modalities (CAM). To assess how cancer nurses perceive the usefulness of complementary modalities by patients diagnosed with cancer. To explore the oncology nurses’ perception of the barriers …
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Oncology Nurses' Cultural Competence, Knowledge, and Attitudes Toward Cancer Pain
… information about the knowledge and attitudes of oncology nurses related to cancer pain and its management, to evaluate oncology nurses' cultural competence, and to investigate relationships between oncology nurses' cultural competence and their pain management knowledge and attitudes. Ferrell and …
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A Qualitative Descriptive Study of the Needs of Older Adults Recently Diagnosed with Cancer
… and Quality, the Institute of Medicine, the Oncology Nursing Society, and the Geriatric Oncology Consortium. This research used naturalistic inquiry within the constructivist paradigm. The goal was to explore the needs experienced by older adults (65 years and older) diagnosed with cancer …
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Evaluating the Impact of the Guatemalan Nursing Program on Staff, Organizational, and Clinical Outcomes
… are essential to successful treatment. Pediatric oncology education is generally unavailable for nurses in developing countries. This lack of education is likely to contribute to the disparity in survival rates, as undereducated nurses are unable to meet the demands of pediatric cancer care. A …
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A mixed-methods evaluation of novel services for vulnerable patient groups in Ireland
… Cancer and Older Person services i.e. Community Oncology Nursing Programme in the West of Ireland, the monitoring of oral anti-cancer therapies (OATs) nationally and the Optimising thERapy to prevent avoidable hospital Admissions in Multi-morbid older people (OPERAM) trial in Cork. These …
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Hematology-Oncology Transplant Nurses Experience Through the Moral Labyrinth of Integrating Palliative Care
… malignancies, yet the role of hematology-oncology transplant nurses in facilitating this care remains unclear. This study explored the experiences and understandings of 10 hematology-oncology transplant nurses from across Canada, working in both inpatient and ambulatory settings, regarding …
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Factores pronóstico para hidratación medicamente asistida en pacientes con cáncer en seguimiento de cuidados paliativos en Bogotá
Introducción: En el proceso de fin de vida de un paciente con una condición oncológica, suceden diferentes eventos que demandan el seguimiento médico cercano, con el fin de intervenir de manera oportuna y ofrecer calidad de vida y confort. Sin embargo, aún para el clínico es difícil determinar el …
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Investigating Cognitive/Affective/Sleep disturbance symptoms in Patients Receiving High-Dose Interleukin-2 Therapy
<p>Patients undergoing intensive treatments for life-limiting chronic illnesses such as cancer often experience severe cognitive, affective, and sleep disturbance symptoms. Immunotherapies such as high-dose Interleukin-2 (IL-2) can result in severe alterations in cognition, affect, and sleep. These …