Recently added articles from Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing:
Nebraska veterans' preferences for end-of-life care.(Survey)
Aug 01, 2009; Freeman, Shanna L. ... As the largest healthcare provider in the United States, the Veterans Affairs Medical System (VAMS) cares for an increasing population of older adults. To date, VAMS serves 9.2 million veterans older than 65 (more than 39% of the total veteran population) (National Center for Veterans ...
One disease, two lives: exploring the treatment of breast cancer during pregnancy.(Report)
Aug 01, 2009; Visco, Alexa G. ... Women rarely have breast cancer and are pregnant at the same time. Obstetrics and oncology are separate healthcare services, and nurses working in one area usually do not have expertise in the other. However, at least 10% of women with breast cancer who are younger than age 40 will be ...
Emergency response in outpatient oncology care: improving patient safety.(Safety)
Aug 01, 2009; Schiavone, Rosalina ... Treatment of patients continues to shift toward the outpatient setting, with the volume and acuity of patients increasing (Peberdy, Boze, & Ornato, 2002). Patients with cancer who are treated in ambulatory care have the potential to develop life-threatening complications because of their ...
Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment: neuroimaging, neuropsychological testing, and the neuropsychologist.(Report)
Aug 01, 2009; Myers, Jamie S. ... Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) occurs in 17%-75% of patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer (Wefel, Lenzi, Theriault, Davis, & Meyers, 2004). CRCI commonly is referred to as "chemobrain" by the lay public and has the potential for significant impact on patients' ...
Calling all oncology nurses.(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2009; Grant, Marcia ... Since publication of "From Cancer Patient to Cancer Survivor: Lost in Transition" and "Cancer Care for the Whole Patient," the unmet needs of cancer survivors have become unmistakable (Hewitt, Greenfield, & Stovall, 2006; Institute of Medicine, 2007). Oncology nurses across all settings ...
Nurse Jackie Soprano, RN.(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2009; Boyle, Debi ... I loved the HBO series "The Sopranos." Heck, growing up just two states away and sharing the northern corridor of I-95, I knew those characters. Disregarding her two flings with a priest and a visitor from the "old country," Carmela was my favorite. Carmela was the ultimate matron, ...
A struggling population.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Aug 01, 2009; Gade, Marci ... Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to write in response to the recently published article "Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer" (Logue, 2009). My hope is to commend those involved and the information explored in the article on pregnancy-related breast cancer. I was ...
Wound care at the end of life.(Oncology Nursing 101)(Report)
Aug 01, 2009; Delmore, Barbara ... As wound care nurses, dealing with patients with wounds in the end-of-life stage can be very challenging. The first instinct is to create the environment for healing by addressing systemic issues and providing the appropriate topical treatment. However, this feat is not always practical or ...
Vesicant chemotherapy extravasation antidotes and treatments.
Aug 01, 2009; Schulmeister, Lisa ... Antidotes are agents that neutralize a poison or counteract its effects. They are used in oncology practice when vesicant chemotherapy extravasates from the vein or is administered inadvertently into tissue. Although several drugs and substances have been evaluated as vesicant ...
Value of massage therapy for patients in a breast clinic.(Survey)
Aug 01, 2009; Pruthi, Sandhya ... Patients who suspect or recently were told they have breast cancer can experience high levels of anxiety. A 2004 study at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates using the Impact of Event Scale showed that patients with abnormal mammograms have higher anxiety levels than patients with normal ...
Optimizing vitamin D status to reduce colorectal cancer risk: an evidentiary review.(Journal Club Article)(Report)
Aug 01, 2009; Zhou, Guiyun ... Cancer is one of the most dreaded diagnoses from a physiological, psychological, social, and spiritual standpoint. According to the American Cancer Society ([ACS], 2008), cancer is the second leading cause of death in the Untied States; about 1.5 million Americans were diagnosed with some ...
Safe handling of hazardous drugs: are you protected?
Aug 01, 2009; Nixon, Susan ... Nurses routinely administer medications that are categorized as hazardous, such as chemotherapy, biotherapy, antibiotics, immunotherapy, hormones, and other drugs. Administering hazardous drugs places nurses at risk for occupational exposure and creates a potential health risk to all staff ...
Will they come and will they stay?(shortage of oncologic nurses)(Editorial)
Aug 01, 2009; Mayer, Deborah K. ... We were heartened to see a number of abstracts at the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) 34th Annual Congress (2009) that addressed the orientation and mentoring of nurses new to oncology, including the following examples. * Delivering a Consistent Message: Standardizing an ...
Diagnosis and management of leptomeningeal disease.(Diagnostic Reasoning)(Case study)
Aug 01, 2009; Walker, Julie G. ... Once considered the culmination of metastatic disease and a marker of the terminal end of a patient's experience with cancer, leptomeningeal disease (LMD), also known as neoplastic meningitis and carcinomatous meningitis, has become an increasingly frequent complication of cancers ...
Are serum protein biomarkers effective in detecting ovarian cancer in its early stages?(Evidence-Based Practice)(Report)
Aug 01, 2009; Leahy, Yvonne ... September is National Ovarian Cancer Month (American Cancer Society, 2009). Ovarian cancer accounts for the highest number of gynecologic deaths and the fifth highest number of cancer deaths in American women (Jemal et al., 2008). Approximately 21,550 women living in the United States will ...
Identifying and managing complications of whole brain radiotherapy.(Supportive Care)(Case study)
Aug 01, 2009; Madden, Kathleen ... S.D. is an 85-year-old man initially diagnosed in 1996 with a cutaneous malignant melanoma on his scalp. His disease has slowly progressed during the past several years, requiring multiple surgeries, localized scalp and neck irradiation, chemotherapy, and systemic biologic agents, with ...
Oncology nurses' perceptions of nursing roles and professional attributes in palliative care.(Report)
Aug 01, 2009; Pavlish, Carol ... Palliative care definitions, descriptions, and perspectives vary widely in clinical practice and often do not align with perspectives offered by palliative care organizations (Meghani, 2004; Pavlish & Ceronsky, 2007; Ronaldson & Devery, 2001). For example, focusing on improving quality of ...
Leaving a lasting impression.(Compassionate Actions)(legacies of cancer patients)(Column)
Aug 01, 2009; Zylstra, Gloria ... We all want to be remembered when we are gone from this life, and we all want to leave a legacy to those who survive us. Most of us also would like to bless our descendents with the legacy we leave behind. The following story is about two patients with cancer who did just that. Their names ...
Elemental support.(Compassionate Actions)(compassion carts for terminally ill patients's family members)
Aug 01, 2009; Lee, Ann Marie M. ... Visitors and staff who walk the halls of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals have a quick and clear vision of the support and presence that is being provided to families in need of comfort at the end of life. Compassion carts, as they are aptly named, stand in front of the ...
Calling a truce with cancer.(Compassionate Actions)(Column)
Aug 01, 2009; Wyatt, Erin ... Fellow oncology nurses, I need your help in eliminating the phrase "lost the battle with cancer" from the lexicon. It's something I've wanted to do for awhile, but recent events made me snap. I received an e-mail from a committee on which I serve where it was noted that a fellow committee ...
