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Patients’ Perspectives of Engagement as a Safety Strategy

Chasity Burrows Walters
Elizabeth A. Duthie
ONF 2017, A1-A7 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To describe patient engagement as a safety strategy from the perspective of hospitalized surgical patients with cancer. Research Approach: Qualitative, descriptive approach using grounded theory. Setting: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York. Participants...
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Predictors of Unplanned Hospitalizations in Patients With Nonmetastatic Lung Cancer During Chemotherapy

Kristen L. Fessele
Matthew J. Hayat
Robert L. Atkins
ONF 2017, 44(5), E203-E212 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.E203-E212
Purpose/Objectives: To determine predictors of unplanned hospitalizations in patients with lung cancer to receive chemotherapy in the outpatient setting and examine the potential financial burden of these events.
 Design: Retrospective, longitudinal cohort study.
 Setting: The National Cancer...
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Complementary Medicine and the Role of Oncology Nurses in an Acute Care Hospital: The Gap Between Attitudes and Practice

Hanna Admi
Yael Eilon-Moshe
Eran Ben-Arye
ONF 2017, 44(5), 553-561 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.553-561
Purpose/Objectives: To describe hospital nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding complementary medicine (CM); to compare the knowledge and attitudes of nurse managers to staff nurses with diverse oncology experience; and to assess attitudes toward integrating CM into the role of the...
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipient and Caregiver Factors Affecting Length of Stay and Readmission

Thiruppavai Sundaramurthi
Leslie Wehrlen
Erika Friedman
Sue Thomas
Margaret Bevans
ONF 2017, 44(5), 571-579 DOI: 10.1188/17.ONF.571-579
Purpose/Objectives: To evaluate the contributions of patient and caregiver factors to length of stay (LOS) and 30-day readmission status for recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT).
 Design: Secondary data analysis from a phase 2 clinical trial.
 Setting: National...
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Cognitive Screening: Using the Clock-Drawing Test to Assess for Preexisting Deficits in Older Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer


Janine Overcash
Maddy Perry
CJON 2017, 21(4), 489-498 DOI: Digital Object Identifier:10.1188/17.CJON.489-498
Background: Older women diagnosed with breast cancer may also have preexisting cognitive deficits.
 Objectives: The aim of the current study is to describe errors on the clock-drawing test (CDT), which is used to screen for preexisting cognitive deficits in older women diagnosed with breast cancer...
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