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. Sample & Setting: 60 nurses working in the bone marrow transplant unit...
Objectives: To identify groups of participants with high and low levels of stigma and to examine the influence of stigma on social support, social constraints, symptom severity, symptom interference, and quality of life (QOL). Sample & Setting: 62 individuals with lung cancer were identified...
Objectives: To determine the feasibility and acceptability of a validated electronic distress screening program for cancer caregivers. Sample & Setting: 17 informal caregivers presenting with a patient with cancer to an ambulatory cancer surgery center. Methods & Variables: Caregivers...
Objectives: To examine the relationship of the Childhood Cancer Symptom Cluster–Leukemia (CCSC-L) with health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Sample & Setting: 327 children receiving treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia from four pediatric oncology programs across the United States...
Purpose: To describe how adolescent and young adult survivors and their mother-caregivers ascribe meaning to their post–brain tumor survivorship experience, with a focus on sense making and benefit findings and intersections with religious engagement. Participants & Setting: Adolescent and...
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Each abstract has been indexed according to first author. Abstracts appear as they were submitted and have not undergone editing or the Oncology Nursing Forum’s review process. Only abstracts that will be presented appear here. For Congress scheduling information, visit congress.ons.org or check...
Problem Identification: Despite lung cancer screening guidelines and insurance coverage changes, rates of lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography remain suboptimal among the eligible population in the United States. Literature Search: Electronic literature databases, including...
Objectives: To determine the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a group dynamics–based exercise intervention versus a personal training intervention for increasing physical activity (PA), physical fitness, and quality of life (QOL) in post-treatment breast cancer survivors. Sample &...
Purpose: To understand the meaning and impact for adult patients with cancer (past or present) of creating a digital story related to their cancer experience. Participants & Setting: 10 participants made digital stories with the help of a research assistant trained in digital storytelling. This...
