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Making the Case: Clinical Assessment of Financial Toxicity

Ellen Carr
Erika M. Rosato
CJON 2019, 23(5), 19-26 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.S2.19-26
Background: Clinical nurse assessment determines clinical status, status changes, and trends that affect the patient’s plan of care. With the financial burden of care being a prominent source of patient stress, financial toxicity is a vital component of clinical nurse assessment. Objectives: For...
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Strategies and Barriers in Addressing Mental Health and Suicidality in Patients With Cancer

Leeat Granek
Ora Nakash
Samuel Ariad
Shahar Shapira
Merav Ben-David
ONF 2019, 46(5), 561-571 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.561-571
Purpose: To identify how oncology nurses address mental health distress and suicidality in patients, what strategies they employ in treating this distress, and the barriers they face in addressing distress and suicidality in patients with cancer. Participants & Setting: 20 oncology nurses at...
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PRISM: Priority Symptom Management Project Phase I: Assessment

Mary E. Ropka
Patricia A. Spencer-Cisek
ONF 2001, 1585-1594 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To provide an overview of the process, goals, and outcome recommendations from the assessment phase of the Oncology Nursing Society's Priority Symptom Management (PRISM) project and to provide the foundation for a series of evidence-based practice and qualitative systematic...
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Understanding Opioid Tolerance in Cancer Pain

Jormain Cady
ONF 2001, 1561-1568 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To review opioid tolerance in chronic cancer pain, define the phenomenon and its scope, review physiologic mechanisms, and discuss clinical strategies to identify and manage this complex issue. Data Sources: Review articles, case studies, original research, and published...
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Risk Assessment of First-Degree Relatives of Women With Breast Cancer: A Feasibility Study

Gail J. Hurt
Richard P. McQuellon
Robert Michielutte
Daragh M. Conrad
Seth Carter
Heidi Anderson
ONF 2001, 1097-1104 DOI:
Purpose/Objectives: To measure psychological distress and test the feasibility of a psychological intervention to reduce distress in patients undergoing risk assessment. Design: Descriptive. Setting: A comprehensive cancer center located in the southeastern United States. Sample: 20 first-degree...
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