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Implementing a Primary Healthcare Framework: The Importance of Nursing Leadership in Developing and Maintaining a Brain Tumor Support Group

Linda J. Nichols
Kylie M. Wright
CJON 2015, 19(4), 463-467 DOI: 10.1188/15.CJON.463-467
Background: Although brain tumor support groups have been available internationally for many years, Liverpool Hospital in Australia has not traditionally provided this service. As a leadership initiative, the development of a brain tumor support group that incorporates a primary healthcare...
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Effect of a Nurse-Led Psychoeducational Intervention on Healthcare Service Utilization Among Adults With Advanced Cancer

Kathryn A. Martinez
Christopher R. Friese
Trace Kershaw
Charles Given
A. Mark Fendrick
Laurel L. Northouse
ONF 2015, 42(4), E310-E318 DOI: 10.1188/15.ONF.E310-E318
Purpose/Objectives: To examine differences in healthcare service utilization among patients with advanced cancer participating in a nurse-led psychoeducational intervention. Design: Secondary analysis of trial data. Setting: Four Michigan cancer centers. Sample: 484 patients with advanced cancer...
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Voices of Oncology Nursing Society Members Matter in Advocacy and Decisions Related to U.S. Health Policy

Marlon G. Saria
Alec Stone
AnnMarie Walton
Gean Brown
Vicki Norton
Margaret Barton-Burke
CJON 2014, 18(6), 719-721 DOI: 10.1188/14.CJON.719-721
The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), a member of the Nursing Organizations Alliance, invests in advocating for health and public policy decisions by sending members to the Nurse in Washington Internship (NIWI) program annually. NIWI provides a forum to educate nurses on the legislative process,...
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Invisible Minorities

Anne Katz
ONF 2014, 41(4), 343 DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.343
What do you think is the most important issue for gay and lesbian adolescents and young adults with cancer?
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Priorities for Oncology Nursing Research: The 2013 National Survey

Geri LoBiondo-Wood
Carlton G. Brown
M. Tish Knobf
Debra Lyon
Gail A. Mallory
Sandra A. Mitchell
Susan Wesmiller
Bryan Fellman
ONF 2014, 41(1), 67-76 DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.67-76
Purpose/Objectives: To advance the goals of evidence-based care and prioritize the knowledge generation that addresses contemporary challenges in oncology nursing. Results are used to inform the development of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Research Agenda and by the ONS Foundation to develop...
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