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Physical Exercise and Cancer-Related Fatigue in Hospitalized Patients: Role of the Clinical Nurse Leader in Implementation of Interventions

Katrina McGowan
CJON 2016, 20(1), E20-E27 DOI: 10.1188/16.CJON.E20-E27
Background: Guidelines suggest that aerobic endurance training and moderate resistance training lessen the effects of cancer-related fatigue (CRF). However, specifics regarding frequency, intensity, and type of physical activity required to alleviate fatigue are less specific. In addition, outcomes...
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Psychological Functioning, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Coping in Parents and Siblings of Adolescent Cancer Survivors

Andrea M. Turner-Sack
Rosanne Menna
Sarah R. Setchell
Cathy Maan
Danielle Cataudella
ONF 2016, 43(1), 48-56 DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.48-56
Purpose/Objectives: To examine psychological functioning, post-traumatic growth (PTG), coping, and cancer-related characteristics of adolescent cancer survivors’ parents and siblings. Design: Descriptive, correlational. Setting: Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada...
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Secondary Exposure of Family Members to Cyclophosphamide After Chemotherapy of Outpatients With Cancer: A Pilot Study

Michiko Yuki
Takashi Ishida
Satoko Sekine
ONF 2015, 42(6), 665-671 DOI: 10.1188/15.ONF.42-06AP
Purpose/Objectives: To measure the total amount of cyclophosphamide (CPA) excreted in the urine of patients with cancer and their cohabitating family members seven days after CPA administration. Design: Biological monitoring. Setting: Home setting with outpatients receiving chemo-therapy. Sample: 8...
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A Phenomenologic Study of Family Caregivers of Patients With Head and Neck Cancers

Ann E. Fronczek
ONF 2015, 42(6), 593-600 DOI: 10.1188/15.ONF.593-600
Purpose/Objectives: To describe and understand the lived experience of family caregivers of patients with head and neck cancers (HNCs). Research Approach: Phenomenology using van Manen’s human science approach. Setting: Two hospital systems providing regional cancer care in upstate New York...
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Informal Caregivers’ Knowledge and Practice of Caring for Neutropenic Patients

Gulcan Bagcivan
Burcu Masatoglu
Zeliha Topcu
CJON 2015, 19(4), 400-403 DOI: 10.1188/15.CJON.400-403
Cooperation of informal caregivers on neutropenic patient care is very important. This descriptive study includes interviews with 100 informal caregivers of inpatients who became neutropenic at least two days previously. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews on informal caregivers’...
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