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Effects of Breathing Exercises on Patients With Lung Cancer

Xin Liu
Ya-Qing Wang
Jiao Xie
ONF 2019, 46(3), 303-317 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.303-317
Problem Identification: To evaluate the effects of breathing exercises on dyspnea, six-minute walk distance (6MWD), anxiety, and depression in patients with lung cancer. Literature Search: A systematic literature search of the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Embase®, PubMed®, Weipu, Wanfang, and...
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Factors Influencing Nurses’ Use of Hazardous Drug Safe Handling Precautions

Ying Siou Lin
Yu Chia Chang
Yen-Chun Lin
Meei-Fang Lou
ONF 2019, 46(3), E86-E97 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.E86-E97
Problem Identification: Nurses taking measures regarding the safe handling of hazardous drugs (HDs) can reduce their risk of exposure and environmental contamination. However, the findings of studies examining factors influencing the use of HD safe handling precautions by nurses have been...
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Symptom Clusters in Patients With Brain Tumors Undergoing Proton Beam Therapy

Ulrica Langegård
Birgitta Johansson
Thomas Bjork-Eriksson
Per Fransson
Emma Ohlsson-Nevo
Katarina Sjövall
Karin Ahlberg
ONF 2019, 46(3), 349-363 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.349-363
Objectives: To explore symptom clusters during proton beam therapy in patients with primary brain tumors and investigate associations among symptom clusters, demographic variables, and comorbidity in this patient population. Sample & Setting: Data were collected from 187 adult patients with...
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Chronic Stress and Ovarian Function in Female Childhood Cancer Survivors

Theresa M. Hardy
Mauricio Garnier-Villarreal
Jennifer M. Ohlendorf
Donna O. McCarthy
ONF 2019, 46(3), E75-E85 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.E75-E85
Objectives: To explore the relationships among perceived stress, biomarkers of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) activity, gonadotropin levels, and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in female childhood cancer survivors (CCSs). Sample & Setting: 24 female CCSs from the Royal Hospital for Sick...
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The Copyright Issue

Anne Katz
ONF 2019, 46(3), 267-268 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.267-268
Do you remember the first (or 40th) time you received notification that a manuscript you submitted to a journal was accepted? Did you dance around your office, yell so loudly that the person in the office next door came to check on you, and/or immediately post the news to Facebook and Twitter to...
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Implementing Advance Care Planning: Barriers and Facilitators

Heather Coats
Yuki Asakura
Ellyn E. Matthews
ONF 2019, 46(3), 271-274 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.271-274
An article by Izumi et al. (2019) in the current issue describes the effect of a brief educational intervention for nurses to increase confidence in their knowledge of advance care planning (ACP). The description of this project offers a useful exemplar for those wishing to implement ACP...
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Identifying the Contribution of Nurse Practitioners in the Care of Older Adults With Cancer

Lorinda A. Coombs
Caroline Stephens
ONF 2019, 46(3), 277-282 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.277-282
Objectives: To identify the best available dataset that measured the number of nurse practitioners (NPs) and the type of care they provided; patient information, including malignancy type, age, and insurance status; and volume of procedures performed by NPs. Sample & Setting: All available...
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Enhancing Advance Care Planning Conversations by Nurses in a Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit

Shigeko (Seiko) Izumi
Malinda Burt
Jennifer Smith
Keren McCord
Erik K. Fromme
ONF 2019, 46(3), 288-297 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.288-297
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...
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Stigma and Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer

Lee Ann Johnson
Ann M. Schreier
Melvin Swanson
Janet P. Moye
Sheila Ridner
ONF 2019, 46(3), 318-328 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.318-328
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...
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Distress Screening for Family Caregivers at a Cancer Surgery Center

Kelly M. Shaffer
Stephanie Benvengo
Alexandra K. Zaleta
Marcia Levine
Courtney Bellantoni
Aimee Dannaoui
Joanne S. Buzaglo
Allison J. Applebaum
ONF 2019, 46(2), 159-169 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.159-169
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...
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