{"title":"Implementation of Nurse-Led Nutritional Screening in a Community Oncology Setting.","authors":"Amy Pasmann, Patricia Friend","doi":"10.1188/24.CJON.143-147","DOIUrl":"10.1188/24.CJON.143-147","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patients receiving oncology care are at risk for malnutrition, which is associated with decreased cancer treatment tolerance, lower quality of life, and increased mortality. Implementation of frequent nutritional screening is.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140173924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
McKenzie Klee, Mary Heitschmidt, Theodore Hiemstra, Krista Lodewyk, Mary Ellen Hand, Madeline McIntosh, Catherine Yockey, Jessica Bishop-Royse
{"title":"Zentangle® Pilot Study: A Mindfulness Exercise for Oncology Nurses.","authors":"McKenzie Klee, Mary Heitschmidt, Theodore Hiemstra, Krista Lodewyk, Mary Ellen Hand, Madeline McIntosh, Catherine Yockey, Jessica Bishop-Royse","doi":"10.1188/24.CJON.173-180","DOIUrl":"10.1188/24.CJON.173-180","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study introduced Zentangle®, which involves drawing simple, repetitive lines and shapes to create patterns, as a tool to promote wellness for oncology nurses in a clinical practice setting.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The purpose of this study was to determine whether Zentangle used as a meditative activity in an acute time frame decreased stress, fatigue, and burnout while increasing professional quality of life and well-being in oncology nurses.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-six oncology nurses participated in a two-hour Zentangle class and received materials to complete art over four weeks. The Perceived Stress Scale, the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale, the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-29, and the Professional Quality of Life measure were administered at selected periods. Twenty-four participants completed the study.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Nurses' well-being, socialization, anxiety, fatigue, secondary traumatic stress levels, and stress levels improved significantly. Most participants noted they would continue using Zentangle after the study. Zentangle is another tool to advance nurses' wellness by encouraging self-care.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140173891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implementation of Infusion Pumps and Filtered Administration Sets for Stem Cell Transplantation.","authors":"Jessica Miles, Lindsay Hoffman","doi":"10.1188/24.CJON.209-213","DOIUrl":"10.1188/24.CJON.209-213","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stem cell infusion practices vary widely among institutions. A nurse-driven quality improvement project sought to determine whether peristaltic pumps and filtered tubing compromised the safety of stem cell infusion. A preclin.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140173923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kiera Hobbs, Peggy Wheeler, Sara Campbell, Charlie Workman, Martha Monroe, Claire Davies
{"title":"The Effect of a Required 48-Hour Window to Schedule Genetic Counseling on Time From Diagnosis of Breast Cancer to Surgery.","authors":"Kiera Hobbs, Peggy Wheeler, Sara Campbell, Charlie Workman, Martha Monroe, Claire Davies","doi":"10.1188/24.CJON.157-161","DOIUrl":"10.1188/24.CJON.157-161","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The length of time from diagnosis of breast cancer to surgery has steadily increased. Consultations and tests, in addition to a lack of available counseling programs, contribute to delays. Evidence suggests that delays between diagnosis and surgery may adversely affect patients.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This article examines the effect of time from diagnosis of breast cancer to surgery by requiring nurse navigators to contact the genetic counseling office within 48 hours of the diagnosis to schedule an appointment for the patient as soon as possible.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using a quasiexperimental design, data of time from diagnosis to surgery among patients with breast cancer were collected retrospectively preintervention (N = 30) and prospectively postintervention (N = 30).</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>Time from diagnosis to surgery decreased significantly from pre- (mean = 50.3 days, SD = 22 days) to postintervention (mean = 39 days, SD = 16 days) (t = 2.25, p = 0.03).</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140173888","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Faith and Science: Sacred Decision-Making in Cancer Care.","authors":"Joni L Watson","doi":"10.1188/24.CJON.116-117","DOIUrl":"10.1188/24.CJON.116-117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many people view health, wellness, and illness through a lens of religion and spirituality (R&S), modern science, and culture. Faith and science are not dichotomous in health care; they are complementary and even intercon.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140173921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa Caltieri, Mary Schumann, Katie Hambright, Julie Smith, Asya Borthwick, Linda Temperino
{"title":"Standardization of the Verification Nurse Role in the Delivery of Chemotherapy and Biotherapy.","authors":"Lisa Caltieri, Mary Schumann, Katie Hambright, Julie Smith, Asya Borthwick, Linda Temperino","doi":"10.1188/24.CJON.101-106","DOIUrl":"10.1188/24.CJON.101-106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After a chemotherapy overdose in 1994 resulted in the death of one patient and the permanent injury of another, the role of the verification nurse was created at a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer c.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139519944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stigma in Clinical Oncology.","authors":"Gretchen A McNally","doi":"10.1188/24.CJON.43-51","DOIUrl":"10.1188/24.CJON.43-51","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Health-related stigma, including cancer-related stigma, can lead to discrimination that contributes to health inequities and poor health-related outcomes.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This article provides a scholarly foundation to acknowledge and address health-related stigma in clinical oncology care.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This comprehensive clinical literature review is based on peer-reviewed articles identified through targeted searches in CINAHL®, PubMed®, and Google Scholar™ databases.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>This review provides an updated scholarly foundation about stigma in clinical oncology practice. The review highlights stigma in clinical oncology research, identifies a framework for examining multilevel health-related stigma and discrimination, examines stigma measurement instruments, and reviews stigma reduction interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139519945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kaitlyn Whyman, Katherine Thompson, Michelle M Turner
{"title":"Impact of a Nurse-Led Palliative Care Screening Tool on Medical Oncology Units.","authors":"Kaitlyn Whyman, Katherine Thompson, Michelle M Turner","doi":"10.1188/24.CJON.26-31","DOIUrl":"10.1188/24.CJON.26-31","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a lack of early integration of palliative care in patients with advanced cancer, which has been shown to result in suboptimal quality of life across their disease continuum. Standardized palliative care screening too.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139519789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Virginia Simmons, Tiffany Boman, Shannon A Stewart
{"title":"Impact of the 21st Century Cures Act on Patients and the Healthcare Team.","authors":"Virginia Simmons, Tiffany Boman, Shannon A Stewart","doi":"10.1188/24.CJON.21-25","DOIUrl":"10.1188/24.CJON.21-25","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 21st Century Cures Act is designed to make healthcare information more accessible and transparent to patients and the healthcare team. The provisions to address information blocking dictate that health information such as.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139519792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy of a Home-Based, Unsupervised Physical Activity Program on Fatigue, Sleep Quality, and Quality of Life in Survivors of Breast Cancer.","authors":"Kübra Erturhan Türk, Meryem Yılmaz","doi":"10.1188/24.CJON.63-70","DOIUrl":"10.1188/24.CJON.63-70","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Women with breast cancer (BC) experience symptoms related to fatigue, sleep quality, and quality of life (QOL) in the post- treatment period. Oncology nurses need to plan interventions such as physical activity (PA) aimed at reducing the symptoms experienced by patients.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of this article is to determine the efficacy of a home-based, unsupervised PA program on fatigue, sleep quality, and QOL in survivors of BC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study was an experimental study with a prospective control group. Female survivors of BC were randomly assigned to either the home-based, unsupervised PA intervention group or the control group for 12 weeks. Fatigue, sleep quality, and QOL were assessed with questionnaires at baseline and the 12th week.</p><p><strong>Findings: </strong>The home-based, unsupervised PA program yielded positive effects on fatigue and QOL among participants. The program did not affect sleep quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":10350,"journal":{"name":"Clinical journal of oncology nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139519850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}