The significance of fellow patients for the patient with cancer: what can nurses do?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few qualitative studies of cancer patients' everyday experiences with pain exist within the large body of cancer pain research. Longitudinal qualitative studies are particularly sparse, and no studies have qualitatively described patients' pain experience over time during participation in a self-management i...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Schumacher KL,Plano Clark VL,Rabow MW,Paul SM,Miaskowski C

更新日期：2019-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nurses are the least compliant with the guidelines for use of personal protective equipment (PPE) among health professionals. While the literature regarding nurses not following the guidelines focuses on nonuse of PPE, the experiences of using PPE from nurses' perspectives have not been examined. OBJECTIVE:...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Chen HC,Lu ZY,Lee SH

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is a devastating event for a woman. Physical changes and psychological problems, treatment to improve the patient's condition, and increased survival rates compared with other cancers manifest the importance of quality of life in these patients. This quality of life is affected by how the patients adjust...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Taleghani F,Yekta ZP,Nasrabadi AN,Käppeli S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the effect of fentanyl delivered via the transdermal route with regard to the patient's psychological status. Patients who were naive to strong opioids and were attending a palliative care unit for pain relief from advanced cancer participated in this study to determine the effect of tran...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Mystakidou K,Tsilika E,Parpa E,Papageorgiou C,Georgaki S,Vlahos L

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Defensiveness is one of the strategies that children with cancer use against psychosocial difficulties, yet it remains unclear what factors may impact children's use of defensiveness. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to explore the psychological adjustment, including use of defensive behaviors, in childr...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Arabiat DH,Collyer D,Hamdan-Mansour A,Khalil A,Darawad M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of the literature on breast self-examination training indicated that any training in breast self-examination improves compliance, confidence, and proficiency; the evidence is unclear about the relative effectiveness of group or individual training; practice on breast models and on the woman's own breasts shou...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Clarke VA,Savage SA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caring for dying children and their families is one of the most difficult and challenging aspects of professional nursing. An analysis of cultural influences provides insight into the diverse worldviews held by people in Japan and the United States that affect nursing care of dying children. Selected cultural aspects ...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Sagara M,Pickett M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve family nursing in oncology wards, a new nursing intervention was created: a supportive telephone call after the death of the patient. Nurses who participated in the intervention kept diaries after the call (n = 95). Data were collected also from hospital records. The numerical data were analyzed by using de...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Kaunonen M,Aalto P,Tarkka MT,Paunonen M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this report is to describe variables associated with fatigue for disease-free survivors of breast cancer. On the basis of Mishel's theory of illness uncertainty and the antecedents of uncertainty, a cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational design was used to examine (a) the relationship of fatigue wi...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Mast ME

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Individuals who have undergone stoma surgery take time to adjust to the stoma, and their quality of life is decreasing. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the effects of home-based nursing interventions informed by the Health Belief Model on patient care outcomes for individuals having a stoma. ...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Cengiz B,Bahar Z,Canda AE

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Women diagnosed with ovarian cancer face a multitude of physical, psychological, and social issues. However, existing research has typically focused on those newly diagnosed with an initial occurrence or recurrence or women with advanced disease. As such, few studies have examined women's experiences across ...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Burles M,Holtslander L

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After mastectomy, the provision of an appropriate breast prosthesis can help to improve body image and quality of life and reduce associated emotional distress. Although up to 90% of women use an external breast prosthesis after mastectomy, little is known about their experiences and satisfaction with breast prosthesi...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Roberts S,Livingston P,White V,Gibbs A

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article is to selectively review the current research findings related to quality of life and prostate cancer. English-language journals indexed in MEDLINE, PubMed, and CINAHL published between 1999 and 2005 were searched for relevant articles using the following keywords: "quality of life and prostate...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Katz A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Practical brief measures are needed for clinicians and researchers to identify and effectively manage cognitive impairment in cancer patients. OBJECTIVE:This study evaluated the reliability (ie, internal consistency reliability) and validity (ie, construct, convergent, concurrent, and known-group validity) ...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Kim HJ,Barsevick AM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the scope of decisions encountered by elderly cancer patients and/or their family caregivers, and the types of decision-making assistance requested and required within one practice setting. Semistructured interviews were conducted with five cancer center nurse coordinators (CCNCs). The CCNCs were i...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Lewis M,Pearson V,Corcoran-Perry S,Narayan S

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy is a precise form of radiation therapy that targets cancerous tumors by directly applying the radiation source at the site or directly next to the tumor. Patients often experience but underreport pain and anxiety related to cancer treatments. At present, there is no researc...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Perez S,Néron S,Benc R,Rosberger Z,Vuong T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research addressing social support among women diagnosed with breast cancer has been explored in several Western cultures, but there is a lack of such research in Jordanian women diagnosed with breast cancer. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to explore common meanings of social support as experienced...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Alqaissi NM,Dickerson SS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmenopausal survivors of breast cancer for whom hormone replacement therapy is contraindicated are at risk for development of osteoporosis. The primary purpose of this article is to describe, in a sample of 30 postmenopausal survivors of breast cancer, their calcium and vitamin D intake compared with recommended di...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Lindsey AM,Gross G,Twiss J,Waltman N,Ott C,Moore TE

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Young breast cancer survivors have specific needs related to age. Clarifying the relationships between unmet information needs and quality of life (QOL) in young breast cancer survivors can contribute to constructing a support system to enhance QOL in patients. OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to identify the unm...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Miyashita M,Ohno S,Kataoka A,Tokunaga E,Masuda N,Shien T,Kawabata K,Takahashi M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to find out how cancer patients perceive patient participation in decision-making and to see which factors in their view facilitate and restrict participation. Data were collected in focus group interviews with 25 patients, most of whom had breast cancer. Data interpretation was based on ...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Sainio C,Eriksson E,Lauri S

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physical activity has numerous associated benefits for cancer survivors. Compared with their urban counterparts, rural Australians experience a health disadvantage, including poorer survival rate after diagnosis of cancer. OBJECTIVE:The aims of this study were to test the effectiveness of an online 12-week ...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Frensham LJ,Parfitt G,Dollman J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lower participation rates in mammography and Papanicolaou test are common among Latinas compared with other ethnic groups. Suboptimal screening rates are attributed to lack of knowledge, access to services, and cultural influences. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to qualitatively examine an alternati...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Szalacha LA,Kue J,Menon U

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of chronic emotional and psychosocial stressors following breast cancer (BC) treatment, BC survivors are at risk of neuroimmune dysfunction in survivorship. Rural BC survivors experience more health disparities than urban BC survivors. Rural-urban residence as a variable on neuroimmune activity in ex...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Hulett JM,Abshire DA,Armer JM,Millspaugh R,Millspaugh J

更新日期：2020-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Cancer Society has been educating the public about cancer detection methods since 1922. Originally, only two warning signs were published; however, for more than 40 years, there have been seven cancer warning signs. In an attempt to evaluate the public knowledge of cancer detection and prevention, this pi...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Nichols BS,Misra R,Alexy B

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A basic tenet of palliative care is to maintain an individual's control over the dying process. However, when decline occurs quickly, as may be the case in advanced cancer, transition of responsibility for illness management to a family caregiver may become necessary when care takes place in the home. OBJEC...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Edwards SB,Olson K,Koop PM,Northcott HC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social support is associated with a better adjustment to breast cancer, whereas inadequate social support increases psychological distress. However, the period between diagnosis and surgery is particularly stressful, and few studies have addressed the significance of social support in this period. OBJECTIVE...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Drageset S,Lindstrøm TC,Giske T,Underlid K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is a major world health problem. Over 7 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed annually, and about half of the cases are in developing countries. Even though half of the world's cancer patients live in developing countries, < 10% of the resources committed to cancer control are available to them. Reports hav...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Kodiath MF,Kodiath A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the content of caregivers' (health care professionals') presentation of care situations as told at supervision sessions. For 1 year, 21 caregivers in a surgical ward of a county hospital in the middle of Sweden participated in a clinical supervision session 2 hours every third...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Odling G,Danielson E,Jansson L

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about men's experience of how cancer affects their role as a father. The aim of this study was to gain an understanding of changes in these men's everyday family lives. The study had an interpretative descriptive design, utilizing the concept of transition as a fore structure. Eight men with different ...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Elmberger E,Bolund C,Lützén K

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is difficult to measure, regardless of etiology. Furthermore, the measurement of pain is complicated by variation in the use of visual analogue scales as well as other pain assessment measures. This brief article reviews situations contributing to confusion regarding pain intensity measures and argues for consist...

journal_title：Cancer nursing

authors： Dalton JA,McNaull F

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00