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2016 Distinguished Nurse Research Award Lecture

On the Road Less Traveled: Journey of an Oncology Palliative Care Researcher

Marie A. Bakitas
ONF 2017, 44(1), 87-95 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.87-95
In 2001, as the Trish Greene Quality of Life lecturer, I described coming to a career crossroads and cited a metaphor from Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken,” realizing that, as I chose to leave the path of bone marrow transplantation clinician and go to that of palliative care nurse, there...
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Signs, Symptoms, and Characteristics Associated With End of Life in People With a Hematologic Malignancy: A Review of the Literature

Elise Button
Raymond Chan
Shirley Chambers
Jason Butler
Patsy Yates
ONF 2016, 43(5), E178-E187 DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.E178-E187
Problem Identification: Identifying people with hematologic cancer who are at risk of deteriorating and dying is essential to enable open, honest discussions, leading to appropriate decision making and effective end-of-life care. Literature Search: PubMed, CINAHL®, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane...
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Evidence-Based Practice

Dyspnea and Delirium at the End of Life

Barton Bobb
CJON 2016, 20(3), 244-246 DOI: 10.1188/16.CJON.244-246
Dyspnea and delirium are potentially distressing symptoms for patients with cancer at the end of life. They require aggressive management and sometimes even palliative sedation for refractory cases in actively dying patients. This article provides oncology nurses with evidence-based advice on the...
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Nursing Care at the Time of Death: A Bathing and Honoring Practice

Debra Rodgers
Beth Calmes
Jonathan Grotts
ONF 2016, 43(3), 363-371 DOI: 10.1188/16.ONF.363-371
Purpose/Objectives: To explore family members’ experience of a bathing and honoring practice after a loved one’s death in the acute care setting. Research Approach: A descriptive, qualitative design using a semistructured telephone interview script. Setting: The Inpatient Adult Oncology Unit at...
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Editorial

Do I Have Hope? Framing End-of-Life Care Discussions

Lisa Kennedy Sheldon
CJON 2015, 19(6), 645-646 DOI: 10.1188/15.CJON.645-646
As we in the oncology field know, EOL care is the term used to describe the symptom management, caregiver support, and decisions related to medical care before and surrounding the time of death. This care does not just happen in the moments before breathing stops and the heart ceases to beat...
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