abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To examine determinants of exercise during colorectal cancer treatment using the theory of planned behavior. DESIGN:A retrospective survey. SETTING:Cancer Registry of Alberta, Canada. SAMPLE:Randomly selected survivors of colorectal cancer (N = 110) diagnosed between 1992 and 1995 who had undergon...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Courneya KS,Friedenreich CM

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To explore women's perspectives of the experience of surviving breast cancer. DESIGN:Descriptive, phenomenologic. SETTING:A community in the Southwestern United States. SAMPLE:Eight women, ages 34-70 (mean = 54.6 years), who had completed breast cancer therapy. Average time since completion of the...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Pelusi J

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review the nonpharmacologic interventions indicated to prevent or control chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. DATA SOURCES:Journal articles. DATA SYNTHESIS:Despite improvements in antiemetic drug therapy, as many as 60% of patients with cancer who are treated with antineoplastic agents exp...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： King CR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To develop and test an instrument to identity the most important incentives and barriers to exercise in women with breast cancer. DESIGN:Descriptive, quantitative, retrospective. SETTING:Ambulatory, national. SAMPLE:Phase I-11 Caucasian women, with a mean age of 43 years, who were treated for brea...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Leddy SK

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To determine what problems patients undergoing breast cancer surgery experienced following discharge after participating in a 23-hour short-stay observation program and to explore their perceptions of the short-stay experience. DESIGN:Descriptive and exploratory. SETTING:A comprehensive cancer cent...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Burke CC,Zabka CL,McCarver KJ,Singletary SE

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE:To examine the type of information women received from their physicians prior to breast biopsy, to describe women's and their husbands' levels of concern during this time, and to determine the type of help they want from healthcare professionals. DESIGN:Descriptive. SETTING:Homes of couples in the m...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Northouse LL,Tocco KM,West P

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To describe the pharmacogenetic syndrome of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) deficiency, which predisposes patients with cancer to potentially lethal adverse reactions following 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)-based chemotherapy. DATA SOURCES:Published articles, abstracts, and conference proceedings. DA...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Morrison GB,Bastian A,Dela Rosa T,Diasio RB,Takimoto CH

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review the drug profiles and nursing implications of Camptosar (irinotecan) (pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI), Hycamtin (topotecan) (SmithKline Beecham Oncology,Philadelphia, PA), 9-aminocamptothecin TM (9-AC) (Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.), Taxotere (docetaxel) (Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceut...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Berg DT

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To make recommendations for the use of informational strategies and the development of resources for family caregivers of patients receiving marrow transplantation based on their identified informational needs. DATA SOURCES:Literature review and research that identifies informational needs of family...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： McDonald JC,Stetz KM,Compton K

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the outcomes of hospice services and explore factors that affect the quality of life (QOL) of patients with cancer receiving hospice care. DESIGN:Descriptive. SETTING:Two homecare hospices in the southeastern United States. SAMPLE:Convenience sample of 118 hospice patients with a diagn...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： McMillan SC

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review nursing assessment and implications of oral complications from cancer therapy. DATA SOURCES:Published articles, books, and monographs. DATA SYNTHESIS:Cancer and cancer therapy disturb the normal integrity and function of the oral cavity, leading to alterations in structure and function. S...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Madeya ML

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To provide a review of glial neoplasms including histologic classification, signs and symptoms, diagnostic evaluation, treatment options, and nursing care. DATA SOURCES:Articles, books, proceedings of national meetings. DATA SYNTHESIS:Glial neoplasms vary according to prognosis and treatment option...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Armstrong TS,Gilbert MR

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review current research examining the effects of behavioral interventions on reducing symptom distress and improving quality of life in patients with cancer and to explore the application of behavioral interventions to patients with leukemia who are immunosuppressed by the disease or its treatment...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Caudell KA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine what women scheduled for colposcopy knew about the procedure and to understand their concerns about the test and its implications. DESIGN:Descriptive, exploratory, qualitative. SAMPLE AND SETTING:All women scheduled for colposcopy in a three-month period (n = 29) in an inner-city academic center ...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Tomaino-Brunner C,Freda MC,Runowicz CD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES/OBJECTIVES:To describe the importance of a professional code of ethics and values in guiding and supporting the practice of nurses and to present the proposed Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Statement of Core Values. DATA SOURCES:Published articles and books on nursing ethics and bioethics, as well as authors'...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Scanlon C,Glover J

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review clinical applications and nursing care activities for patients receiving cladribine, a synthetic antineoplastic agent used to treat lymphoid malignancies. DATA SOURCES:Clinical trial data, published articles, reports from oncology nurses, and personal observations. DATA SYNTHESIS:Cladribi...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Nelson MC,Hogan DK

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To explore the relationship between attitudes toward digital rectal examination (DRE) and participation in prostate cancer screening among African American men. DESIGN:Survey. SETTING:Prostate cancer screenings with a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test held at churches with African American...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Gelfand DE,Parzuchowski J,Cort M,Powell I

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To describe the quality of life (QOL) of long-term cancer survivors. DESIGN:Descriptive, mailed survey. SETTING:Membership of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), which is a nonprofit, peer-support network for people living with cancer. SAMPLE:687 (57%) of the 1,200 members of NC...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Ferrell BR,Dow KH,Leigh S,Ly J,Gulasekaram P

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To identify publication rates of patient-related studies in oncology nursing research. DESIGN:Survey of publication rates of patient-related research. These results are one component of an integrative review and meta-analysis of a decade of patient-related oncology nursing research. SAMPLE:Authors ...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Agustsdottir A,Holcombe J,Wright P,Daffin P,Ogletree G

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To assess and describe health beliefs, level of knowledge about skin cancer, current skin cancer prevention practices, and cues to preventive action of Wisconsin dairy farmers. DESIGN:Descriptive survey. SETTING:Rural Wisconsin. SAMPLE:A stratified random sample of 535 male dairy farmers from the ...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Marlenga B

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review basic gene biology, discuss current genetic advances, and project the potential impact of these advances on oncology nursing practice. DATA SOURCES:Published professional articles, tests, proceedings, governmental and lay publications. DATA SYNTHESIS:The Human Genome Project seeks to bett...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Engelking C

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review the diseases of childhood for which bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is an accepted treatment modality. DATA SOURCES:Book chapters, journal articles. DATA SYNTHESIS:BMT is used to treat a wide variety of nonmalignant and malignant childhood conditions. Despite treatment successes, BMT an...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Abramovitz LZ,Senner AM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To describe how a multidisciplinary task force on an oncology unit developed and implemented a program offering educational and emotional support for recently bereaved families. DATA SOURCES:Published books and articles and bereavement support models. DATA SYNTHESIS:Program components included bere...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Burke C,Gerraughty SM

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To present an overview of and biomedical perspective on alternate cancer therapies used by patients with cancer. DATA SOURCES:Medical, nursing, and pharmacy literature. DATA SYNTHESIS:Two recent studies reported on patients choosing alternate care products with limited and anecdotal information obt...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Montbriand MJ

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the method used in a multisite study of the meaning of oncology nursing from the oncology nurses' perspectives. DESIGN:Multi-institutional, descriptive, qualitative. SETTING:Six sites in different regions of the United States; rural and urban cancer and noncancer centers. SAMPLE:38 oncology nurse...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Cohen MZ,Haberman MR,Steeves R

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe intervention effectiveness for symptom management in oncology nursing research. DESIGN:Integrative research review and meta-analysis. SAMPLE:28 randomized experimental and control group studies of symptom management that were identified from 428 published and unpublished oncology nursing research ...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Smith MC,Holcombe JK,Stullenbarger E

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review normal calcium homeostasis, recent advances in understanding the pathologic mechanisms responsible for precipitating hypercalcemia of malignancy, the role of the kidneys in potentiating hypercalcemia, and the principles of antihypercalcemic treatment. DATA SOURCES:Journal articles, edited ...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Kaplan M

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To measure and compare oncology clinical nurse specialists' (OCNSs) perceptions of patient outcomes influenced through their practice and barriers to outcome production. DESIGN:Descriptive survey. SETTING:National. SAMPLE:104 members of the Oncology Nursing Society Clinical Nurse Specialist Specia...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Smith JE,Waltman NL

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To describe the first application of the research utilization process by clinical nurses using the Stetler-Marram Model of Research Utilization to the practice of amphotericin B administration; to share the findings; and to discuss issues encountered in the process and their solutions. DATA SOURCES:...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Reedy AM,Shivnan JC,Hanson JL,Haisfield ME,Gregory RE

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To review current knowledge about the causes, pathophysiology, treatment, and nursing care of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). DATA SOURCES:Articles, books, and proceedings of national meetings. DATA SYNTHESIS:AML, an an often fatal disease, is characterized by signs of anemia, throm...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Yeager KA,Miaskowski C

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES:To describe children's psychosocial adjustment to their mother's breast cancer and to compare their level of adjustment with normative data and with the level of adjustment of children of women with fibrocystic breast disease or diabetes. Hypotheses tested were (a) children of women with breast cance...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Armsden GC,Lewis FM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, clinicians and researchers alike have challenged the long-standing impression that survivors of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) experience a less than optimal quality of life (QOL). Despite the accumulating evidence suggesting that most adult survivors adjust relatively well within two to five years after ...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Haberman M,Bush N,Young K,Sullivan KM

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current work environments in health care are hierarchical social systems built around disease-oriented medical goals and procedures. Expansion of biomedical technologies and cost-containment policies have increased the ethical concerns and problems of nurses and other providers. Yet, nurses often are not included as m...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Benoliel JQ

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taxol (paclitaxel, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ), a drug extracted from the stem bark of the western yew, shows great promise as an antineoplastic agent for ovarian, breast, nonsmall cell lung, and head and neck cancers; melanoma; and leukemia. Although Taxol first was isolated in 1971, completion of ma...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Rogers BB

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This phenomenologic study described the structure of self-transcendence in eight gay men with AIDS. The men provided oral or written descriptions of experiences associated with feelings of increased interconnectedness with others, sense of well-being, and meaning and purpose in life. The data were analyzed using Colai...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Coward DD,Lewis FM

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although uncommon, "pinch-off syndrome" and catheter fracture are reported complications of central venous catheters (CVCs). Pinch-off syndrome is characterized by intermittent catheter malfunction in conjunction with radiologic evidence of catheter compression. Warning signs of pinch-off syndrome include difficulty w...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Nace CS,Ingle RJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adapting to a cancer diagnosis requires much time, energy, and effort. Patients, who often feel stressed and vulnerable, use several cognitive processes to help protect themselves and adapt to the illness. Denial, attributions, downward comparison, reappraisal of life, and developing a sense of mastery are some of the...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Hagopian GA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive therapists believe that an individual's emotional reaction to a stressful situation is influenced by his or her perception of that situation. This article reports the findings of a cross-sectional survey comparing thought and image patterns in patients with cancer receiving first-time chemotherapy with patie...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Manson H,Manderino MA,Johnson MH

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute tumor lysis syndrome (TLS) is a metabolic complication that occurs in some patients with cancer and frequently is triggered by chemotherapy. TLS results from a rapid destruction of a large number of tumor cells, which causes several potentially fatal biochemical changes. If not identified and treated quickly, TL...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Stucky LA

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemochromatosis results when the body's iron stores progressively increase. Surplus iron stored in body tissues leads to organ dysfunction and death. Warnings that elevated iron stores increase the risk of cancer development necessitate a review of this condition. Two types of hemochromatosis, hereditary and secondary...

journal_title：Oncology nursing forum

authors： Keller JF,Blausey LA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00