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Jehovah's Witness Patients: Interventions for Successful Stem Cell Transplantation Without Blood Product Transfusions for Hematologic Malignancies

Amanda D. Park
Sandra I. Rome
Raymond Gantioque
CJON 2019, 1-6 DOI:
Background: Jehovah’s Witnesses are members of a religion that prohibits them from accepting blood product transfusions. This refusal makes them a particularly compelling population in the context of hematologic malignancies and stem cell transplantation, because blood product transfusions are a...
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Enteral Versus Parenteral Nutrition: Use in Adult Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Mary K. Reese
Susan Hewlings
CJON 2019, 23(2), 173-179 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.173-179
Background: Pretransplantation chemotherapy and side effects of transplantation can cause reduced oral intake, contributing to malnutrition. Objectives: The aim was to evaluate the current evidence comparing enteral nutrition (EN) to parenteral nutrition in the adult hematopoietic stem cell...
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Pharmacokinetics: Unique Challenges in Blood Monitoring for Oncology Nurses

Jitesh D. Kawedia
Nilesh Kalariya
Alison M. Gulbis
Borje S. Andersson
Alan L. Myers
CJON 2019, 23(2), 191-196 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.191-196
Background: Pharmacokinetics (PK) is the study of the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs. Many chemotherapeutic agents have a sensitive PK index, in which a small margin in blood concentrations is the difference between nontherapeutic, therapeutic, and adverse outcomes...
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Blood and Marrow Transplantation RN Fellowship: Design, Outcomes, and Facilitating Transition to Practice

Brenda Diaz
Anne Corbett
April Camiling-Burke
CJON 2018, 22(6), 673-675 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.673-675
Recruiting and retaining blood and marrow transplantation (BMT) nurses remains challenging. In accordance with the Institute of Medicine recommendation to establish programs to prepare nurses for transition to specialty practice areas, a BMT fellowship program was designed and implemented at a...
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Clinical Characteristics of Children and Adolescents Undergoing Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Who Develop Oral Mucositis

Clare Donohoe
Judy K. Bosi
April Sykes
Zhaohua Lu
Belinda Mandrell
ONF 2018, 45(4), 457-462 DOI: 10.1188/18.ONF.457-462
Objectives: To describe the clinical characteristics of children and adolescents undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) who develop oral mucositis. Sample & Setting: 45 patients who underwent HCT from July 2015 to May 2016 at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis,...
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