Cancer nursing
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Decisions for the type of palliative care are affected by multiple factors. Currently, most patients die without palliative care, and hospice patients receive only a brief period of services before death. ⋯ Hospice care in Taiwan should provide more services and facilities specific for sex (female) and tumors (head and neck).
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Comparative Study
Characteristics of the nighttime hospital bedside care environment (sound, light, and temperature) for children with cancer.
Children with cancer must cope not only with their disease and its treatment but also with the environment in which treatment is given. The intensities of sound and light levels required to perform necessary patient care may result in a disruptive nighttime care environment. ⋯ Efforts are needed to identify modifiable sources of nighttime sound and develop interventions to reduce nighttime sound. Collaborative efforts to organize clinical care to minimize nighttime disruptions may lead to reduced bedside sound levels.
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Comparative Study
Differences in pain location, intensity, and quality by pain pattern in outpatients with cancer.
Pain pattern represents how the individual's pain changes temporally with activities or other factors, but researchers have studied less the pattern of pain than its location, intensity, and quality parameters. ⋯ Nurses or clinicians who are taking care of patients with cancer should recognize that pain patterns are associated with pain location, intensity, and quality.