Seminars in oncology nursing
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To provide an overview of publishing in nursing journals, including topic identification, manuscript formats, manuscript assembly, journal selection, and the manuscript review process. ⋯ Nurses at the point of care need to write about what they do to showcase nursing's value, and contribute to nursing's body of knowledge and the public's knowledge of nursing's work.
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To highlight the importance, challenges, and evolution of advance care planning for patients with cancer. ⋯ Nurses can facilitate advance care planning and primary palliative care, to support patients and families to make informed and value-concordant decisions regarding cancer and end-of-life treatments.
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To review the religious and spiritual needs of advanced cancer patients and how oncology nurses can assess and address unmet needs. ⋯ Using history-taking and spiritual assessment tools, nurses can assess patients for unmet religious and spiritual needs and can use interventions to deepen meaning-making within the nurse-patient relationship.
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To describe the evolution of oncology and palliative nursing in meeting the changing landscape of cancer care. ⋯ Specialty trained oncology and palliative care nurses are essential in disease and symptom management, psychosocial and spiritual support, and advance care planning.
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To discuss lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)-specific survivorship issues including: integrating sexual and gender minority identities with cancer survivor identities; coordinating medical care and disclosing identities to health care providers; dealing with late effects of treatment; and addressing LGBT family and relationship issues. ⋯ Oncology nurses can improve the quality of survivorship care delivered to LGBT survivors and their caregivers by addressing the disparities and gaps in health care.