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  • Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Patients Diagnosed With Cancer: An Integrative Review of Healthcare Utilization

    Treatment Decision Making
    Psychosocial Factors
    Screening
    ONF 2019, 46(3), 365-383 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.365-383

    Problem Identification: The impact of mental health disorders (MHDs) and substance use disorders (SUDs) on healthcare utilization (HCU) in patients with cancer is an understudied phenomenon.

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  • Wearing the Mask of Wellness: The Experience of Young Women Living With Advanced Breast Cancer

    Breast Cancer
    Adolescents and Young Adults
    ONF 2019, 46(3), 329-337 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.329-337

    Purpose: To describe and interpret the lived experiences of young women with advanced breast cancer.

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  • Enhancing Advance Care Planning Conversations by Nurses in a Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit

    Advance Care Planning
    Treatment Decision Making
    End-of-Life Care
    ONF 2019, 46(3), 288-297 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.288-297

    Objectives: To describe the impact of advance care planning (ACP) education on nurses’ confidence in ACP knowledge and practice and to identify barriers to facilitate ACP conversation in a bone marrow transplantation unit.

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ONF 2019, 1-8 DOI:

Experience of Adolescents and Young Adults Living With Advanced Cancer: An Integrative Review

Problem Identification: Knowledge about the experiences of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) living with advanced cancer may be limited. This...
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Journal Club/Open Access

ONF 2019, 46(3), 318-328 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.318-328

Stigma and Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer

Objectives: To identify groups of participants with high and low levels of stigma and to examine the influence of stigma on social support, social...
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Advance Care Planning
ONF 2019, 46(3), 288-297 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.288-297
Enhancing Advance Care Planning Conversations by Nurses in a Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit
Objectives: To describe the impact of advance care planning (ACP) education on nurses’ confidence in ACP knowledge and practice and to identify...
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Communication
ONF 2019, 46(3), 267-268 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.267-268
The Copyright Issue
Do you remember the first (or 40th) time you received notification that a manuscript you submitted to a journal was accepted? Did you dance around...
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Screening
ONF 2019, 46(3), 365-383 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.365-383
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Patients Diagnosed With Cancer: An Integrative Review of Healthcare Utilization
Problem Identification: The impact of mental health disorders (MHDs) and substance use disorders (SUDs) on healthcare utilization (HCU) in patients...
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Radiation Therapy
ONF 2019, 46(3), 349-363 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.349-363
Symptom Clusters in Patients With Brain Tumors Undergoing Proton Beam Therapy
Objectives: To explore symptom clusters during proton beam therapy in patients with primary brain tumors and investigate associations among symptom...
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Survivorship Care
ONF 2019, 46(3), E75-E85 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.E75-E85
Chronic Stress and Ovarian Function in Female Childhood Cancer Survivors
Objectives: To explore the relationships among perceived stress, biomarkers of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) activity, gonadotropin levels,...
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Lung Cancer
ONF 2019, 46(3), 303-317 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.303-317
Effects of Breathing Exercises on Patients With Lung Cancer
Problem Identification: To evaluate the effects of breathing exercises on dyspnea, six-minute walk distance (6MWD), anxiety, and depression in...
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