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Oxaliplatin: Detection and Management of Hypersensitivity Reactions

Barbara B. Rogers
Terri Cuddahy
Caralyn Briscella
Nicole Ross
Anthony J. Olszanski
Crystal S. Denlinger
CJON 2019, 23(1), 68-75 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.68-75
Background: Oxaliplatin is used extensively for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer and other malignancies, with increased frequency of use in recent years. Hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) can pose a major problem in clinical practice because they can limit the use of oxaliplatin in the care...
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The Role of Oncology Nurses as Ethicists: Training, Opportunities, and Implications for Practice

Joyce Neumann
Valerie Counts
Colleen Jernigan
CJON 2019, 23(1), 103-107 DOI: 10.1188/19.CJON.103-107
Ethical challenges are inherent in oncology clinical practice. Ranging from transitions in care to code status and treatment decisions, these ethical challenges can have an acute effect on nurses, with well-established connections to moral distress and other psycho-emotional sequelae. The...
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Financial Toxicity Among Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Margaret Rosenzweig
Marlene West
Jennifer Matthews
Melina Stokan
Yoojin Kook
Sarah Gallups
Brenda Diergaarde
ONF 2019, 46(1), 83-91 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.83-91
Objectives: To determine the incidence of financial toxicity among women with metastatic breast cancer, as well as the relationships among financial toxicity, quality of life, and overall cancer-related distress in members of this patient population. Sample & Setting: 145 women with metastatic...
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Treatment Decision-Making Involvement in Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Kimberly A. Pyke-Grimm
Linda S. Franck
Katherine Patterson Kelly
Bonnie Halpern-Felsher
Robert E. Goldsby
Ari Kleiman
Roberta S. Rehm
ONF 2019, 46(1), E22-E37 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.E22-E37
Problem Identification: Involvement in treatment decision making (TDM) is considered a key element of patient- and family-centered care and positively affects outcomes. However, for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, little is known about the current state of knowledge about their...
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Self-Management Support in Patients With Incurable Cancer: How Confident Are Nurses?

Irene P. Jongerden
Vina N. Slev
Susanne M. van Hooft
H. Roeline Pasman
Irma M. Verdonck-de Leeuw
Anke J.E. de Veer
Cornelia F. van Uden-Kraan
Anneke L. Francke
ONF 2019, 46(1), 104-112 DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.104-112
Objectives: To explore how nurses perceive their self-efficacy and performance in supporting self-management among patients with incurable cancer, and whether these perceptions differ between community and hospital nurses. Sample & Setting: 222 hospital nurses (n = 94) and community nurses (n...
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