Oncology nursing forum
-
Oncology nursing forum · Jan 2000
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialThe effects of foot reflexology on anxiety and pain in patients with breast and lung cancer.
To test the effects of foot reflexology on anxiety and pain in patients with breast and lung cancer. ⋯ Professionals and lay people can be taught reflexology. Foot reflexology is an avenue for human touch, can be performed anywhere, requires no special equipment, is noninvasive, and does not interfere with patients' privacy.
-
Oncology nursing forum · Jan 2000
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialAcupressure for nausea: results of a pilot study.
To compare differences in nausea experience and intensity in women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer between those receiving usual care plus acupressure training and treatment and those receiving only usual care. ⋯ This study must be replicated prior to advising patients about the efficacy of acupressure for the treatment of nausea.
-
Oncology nursing forum · Nov 1999
Multicenter StudyNurses' attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients.
To examine possible relationships among the demographic variables of nurses and their attitudes toward death and caring for dying patients. ⋯ Professionals who are responsible for designing educational programs focused on nurses' attitudes toward caring for terminally ill patients may want to include an assessment of death attitudes and interventions aimed at decreasing negative attitudes and increasing positive attitudes toward death in such programs.
-
To describe an intensive nurse practitioner (NP)-managed smoking cessation clinic that evolved from a primary-care quality-management initiative. ⋯ Nurses can replicate this practice in a variety of healthcare settings. Innovations in clinical practice often facilitate research studies to further define effective approaches for smoking cessation. Nurses need to identify and target smoking as the serious health problem it is and conduct much-needed research on cessation approaches within the inpatient and outpatient settings.
-
Oncology nursing forum · Oct 1999
Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialImproving pain outcomes of hospice patients with cancer.
To evaluate the success of a multifaceted, hospicewide, nurse-focused pain-management intervention for improving patient pain outcomes. ⋯ Through careful study and multifaceted nurse-focused interventions, pain outcomes of hospice patients with cancer can be improved.