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Breast Cancer Survivors and Sexuality: A Review of the Literature Concerning Sexual Functioning, Assessment Tools, and Evidence-Based Interventions

Jacqueline Dow
Lisa Kennedy Sheldon
CJON 2015, 19(4), 456-461 DOI: 10.1188/15.CJON.456-461
Background: Most breast cancer survivors (BCSs) experience sexual dysfunction from treatment-induced hormonal changes, making sexual assessment an important component of survivorship care. However, because many oncology healthcare providers do not perform such assessment, a number of BCSs endure...
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Putting Evidence Into Practice: Evidence-Based Interventions for Oral Agents for Cancer

Sandra L. Spoelstra
Holly Sansoucie
CJON 2015, 19(3), 60-72 DOI: 10.1188/15.S1.CJON.60-72
Background: The limited evidence available suggests that adherence to oral agents for cancer is a significant clinical problem and may have a substantial impact on treatment success or failure. Adherence is a difficult issue among patients who are very sick with a life-threatening disease who often...
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Evidence-Based Practice Beliefs and Behaviors of Nurses Providing Cancer Pain Management: A Mixed-Methods Approach

Linda H. Eaton
Alexa R. Meins
Pamela H. Mitchell
Joachim Voss
Ardith Z. Doorenbos
ONF 2015, 42(2), 165-173 DOI: 10.1188/15.ONF.165-173
Purpose/Objectives: To describe evidence-based practice (EBP) beliefs and behaviors of nurses who provide cancer pain management. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional with a mixed-methods approach. Setting: Two inpatient oncology units in the Pacific Northwest. Sample: 40 RNs. Methods: Data...
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Putting Evidence Into Practice: Prevention and Management of Bleeding in Patients With Cancer

Barbara Holmes Damron
Jeannine M. Brant
Heather Blair Belansky
Patricia J. Friend
Susan Samsonow
Anna Schaal
CJON 2009, 13(5), 573-583 DOI: 10.1188/09.CJON.573-583
The primary cause of bleeding in patients with cancer is thrombocytopenia and it commonly is attributed to myelosuppressive chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or bone marrow infiltration of the malignancy. Oncology nurses have a critical role to play in the prevention and management of bleeding in...
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Putting Evidence Into Practice: What Are the Pharmacologic Interventions for Nociceptive and Neuropathic Cancer Pain in Adults?

Lisa Aiello-Laws
Janice Reynolds
Nancy Deizer
Mary Peterson
Suzanne Ameringer
Marie Bakitas
CJON 2009, 13(6), 649-655 DOI: 10.1188/09.CJON.649-655
Cancer pain continues to be undertreated in adults despite the substantial amount of research on pain management. The Oncology Nursing Society coordinated a team for the Putting Evidence Into Practice (PEP) project to develop (and update) a PEP resource summarizing the current evidence for the...
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