Oncology nursing forum
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Oncology nursing forum · Oct 2000
Opioid tapering in hematopoietic progenitor cell transplant recipients.
To describe current opioid-tapering practice, patient pain levels and withdrawal symptoms, and nurse documentation during opioid tapers. ⋯ Use of an opioid-taper guideline may promote consistency of tapering while not increasing levels of pain or withdrawal symptoms.
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Oncology nursing forum · Oct 2000
Factors that influence a patient's decision to participate in a phase I cancer clinical trial.
To explore factors that influence an individual's decision to participate in phase I cancer clinical trials. ⋯ Nurses are in an ideal position to offer information to individuals who are deciding whether to participate in a phase I cancer clinical trial. However, most nurses are not seizing this opportunity. Patients are unable to describe nurses' impact on their decision to enter a phase I cancer clinical trial.
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Oncology nursing forum · Oct 2000
Comparative StudyKnowledge and attitudes of nurses in veterans hospitals about pain management in patients with cancer.
To assess nurses' knowledge and attitudes about pain management and patients in pain. ⋯ Basic and continuing education for nurses needs to include intensive content about pain management. Continued research is needed to document improvements in pain management by nurses.
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Oncology nursing forum · Oct 2000
Correlates of fatigue during and following adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy: a pilot study.
To examine patterns of and relationships between activity, sleep, symptom distress, health status, and fatigue during and following adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide. ⋯ Efforts to manage symptoms, remain active, and obtain quality sleep, especially in women with poorer health status, may assist in modifying fatigue.
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Oncology nursing forum · Sep 2000
Comparative StudyAn international feasibility study of parental decision making in pediatric oncology.
To describe parental decision making about treatment options for children with cancer and determine the feasibility of a similar but larger international study. ⋯ A larger international study of parental decision making is feasible. Sufficient similarities in parental decision making exist across these sites to justify future efforts to identify universal decision-making factors that, in conjunction with site-specific differences, could be helpful in developing guidelines for healthcare professionals who assist parents in making treatment-related decisions for a sick child.