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Homecare Referrals and 12-Week Outcomes Following Surgery for Cancer

Kathryn H. Bowles
Ruth McCorkle
Isaac F. Nuamah
ONF 2008, 35(3), 377-383 DOI: 10.1188/08.ONF.377-383
Purpose/Objectives : To determine characteristics of patients undergoing cancer surgery who do and do not receive homecare referral after hospitalization, relative to poor discharge outcomes. Design : Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. Setting : Urban, academic cancer center in the...
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Ensuring High-Quality Cancer Care in the Medicare Program

ONF 2008, 35(3), 335 DOI:
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Unsolicited Written Comments: An Untapped Data Source

Sally L. Maliski
Mark S. Litwin
ONF 2007, 34(1), 142-147 DOI: 10.1188/07.ONF.142-147
Purpose/Objectives: To explore methods for analysis of unsolicited comments written on forced-choice surveys related to health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among men treated for prostate cancer. Data Sources: Unsolicited comments written on surveys administered as part of a study investigating...
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Avoiding Failure to Rescue Situations: A Simulation Exercise for Oncology Nurses

Taletha Askew
Tanya L. Trotter
Stacey Vacchiano
Paula Garvey
Janine Overcash
CJON 2012, 16(5), 530-532 DOI: 10.1188/12.CJON.530-532
This project aimed to improve RNs' recognition of and appropriate responses to failure to rescue situations on a surgical oncology unit. Simulation exercises played a key role in identifying areas of strength, opportunities for improvement, and development of a personalized education plan. In...
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Implementing a Distress Screening Instrument in a University Breast Cancer Clinic

Linda Sue Hammonds
CJON 2012, 16(5), 491-494 DOI: 10.1188/12.CJON.491-494
Distress remains a pervasive experience of patients with cancer. As a result, a quality improvement project was conducted in the breast cancer clinic of a university cancer center in the midwestern United States. Nurses identified a need to increase identification of distress over a six-month...
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