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Testing an Intervention to Decrease Healthcare Workers’ Exposure to Antineoplastic Agents

Catherine Graeve

Patricia M. McGovern

Susan Arnold

Martha Polovich

ONF 2017, 44(1), E10-E19 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.E10-E19

Purpose/Objectives: To develop and test a worksite intervention that protects healthcare workers who handle antineoplastic drugs from work-related exposures. Design: Intervention study. Setting: A university hospital in a large midwestern metropolitan area and its outpatient chemotherapy infusion...

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The Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Care Team and the Role of Physical Therapy in Survivor Exercise

Margaret L. McNeely

Naomi Dolgoy

Mona Al Onazi

Kirsten Suderman

CJON 2016, 20(6), S8-S16 DOI: 10.1188/16.CJON.S2.8-16

Background: Rehabilitation professionals offer expertise in functional assessment, treatment of impairments and functional limitations, and disability prevention. To optimize recovery, and often prior to participating in community-based exercise programming, survivors may need rehabilitation...

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Managing Chemotherapy Side Effects: Achieving Reliable and Equitable Outcomes

Clara C. Beaver

Morris A. Magnan

CJON 2016, 20(6), 589-591 DOI: 10.1188/16.CJON.589-591

Receiving information about treatment-related side effects is a high priority for patients receiving chemotherapy. Infusion nurses typically assume responsibility for teaching patients how to manage treatment-related side effects, but providing reliable and equitable information across visits and...

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My Personal Journey With Ovarian Cancer Treatment: Caring and Chemotherapy Tips

Kim A. Decker

CJON 2016, 20(6), 669-670 DOI: 10.1188/16.CJON.669-670

Six years ago, I was diagnosed with stage IIIA ovarian low malignant cell potential cancer. It was the most shocking situation I have ever experienced. I didn’t realize I had any symptoms, except occasional back pain, which I attributed to starting a new workout program. I had scheduled an...

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Nurse Adherence to Safe-Handling Practices: Observation Versus Self-Assessment

Christina M. Colvin

Diana Karius

Nancy M. Albert

CJON 2016, 20(6), 617-622 DOI: 10.1188/16.CJON.617-622

Background: Chemotherapy medications place nurses at risk for occupational exposure, a primary nursing safety concern. No literature was available on adherence to following chemotherapy handling practices and nurses’ perceptions of safe-handling practices. Objectives: The aims of the pilot study...

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