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Interprofessional Lung Cancer Tumor Board: The Role of the Oncology Nurse Navigator in Improving Adherence to National Guidelines and Streamlining Patient Care

Jessica Peckham
Susan Mott-Coles
CJON 2018, 22(6), 656-662 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.656-662
Background: Lung cancer traditionally has a high morbidity and mortality rate because of late diagnosis. Use of a tumor board has been noted as one way to improve patient care and quality of life. Objectives: This article aimed to determine the contributions of an oncology nurse navigator (ONN)...
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Homeless With Cancer: An Unrecognized Problem in the United States

Barbara Biedrzycki
CJON 2018, 22(6), 676-679 DOI: 10.1188/18.CJON.676-679
Homelessness is a national problem that is worsening. Some challenges the homeless face—lack of shelter, food, health care, support, and opportunities—are well known. Cancer, an unrecognized problem among the homeless, is a leading cause of their deaths. AT A GLANCE Homelessness is a complex...
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Improving Transitional Care: The Role of Handoffs and Discharge Checklists in Hematologic Malignancies

Mariah Prince
Deborah H. Allen
Sarah Chittenden
Joey Misuraca
Marilyn Hockenberry
CJON 2019, 1-7 DOI:
Background: Transitional care from inpatient to outpatient settings is a high-risk time for medical errors and missed follow-up appointments. Discharge checklists and handoffs are effective tools that lead to improved quality of care and outcomes. Objectives: The purpose of this project was to...
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Feasibility of Synchronous Online Focus Groups of Rural Breast Cancer Survivors on Web-Based Distress Self-Management

Robin M. Lally
Christine Eisenhauer
Sydney Buckland
Kevin Kupzyk
ONF 2018, 45(6), E111-E124 DOI: 10.1188/18.ONF.E111-E124
Purpose: To obtain rural breast cancer survivors’ perceptions of CaringGuidance™ After Breast Cancer Diagnosis, a web-based, psychoeducational, distress self-management program, and explore the feasibility of gathering survivors’ perceptions about CaringGuidance using online focus groups (OFGs)...
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Commentary

What Is the Rural Cultural Perspective?

Virginia T. LeBaron
ONF 2018, 45(6), 683-685 DOI: 10.1188/18.ONF.683-685
An article by Lally et al. (2018) in the current issue describes the process of collecting end-user feedback from a sample of rural Nebraskan women with breast cancer regarding a web-based, psychosocial distress management program, CaringGuidance™. The current article uses that study to inform...
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