Congress Abstracts 2003

Ambulatory and Community Services

5
DESIGNING OUTPATIENT FLOW: SAILING THROUGH THE STORM

6
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR DECREASING UNSCHEDULED WALK-IN INFUSION APPOINTMENTS

7
LINICAL INSIGHTS SHARED BY NURSE CANCER SURVIVORS

8
COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE USE IN THE PROSTATE CANCER POPULATION: THE ROLE OF THE AMBULATORY NURSE

59
EMPLOYEE MAMMOGRAPHY INREACH PROGRAM AS A MODEL FOR EFFECTIVE BREAST CANCER SCREENING

60
WALKER COUNTY, AL, CANCER SCREENING PROJECT

61
MEDICATION ERROR PREVENTION IN THE OFFICE SETTING

62
A RECOGNIZED NEED: BLADDER CANCER SUPPORT GROUP AND THE ROLE OF THE AMBULATORY NURSE

63
AN EVALUATION OF A STRUCTURED CHEMOTHERAPY TEACHING PROGRAM IN AN AMBULATORY SETTING

64
USE OF THE TELEPHONE FOR DELIVERY OF NURSING INTERVENTIONS

65
HOME HEALTH VERSUS TELENURSING OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF ONCOLOGY PATIENTS WITH NEW OSTOMIES

66
THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POINT-OF-SERVICE CLINIC FOR POST BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION PATIENTS

67
ADVANCED CANCERS OF THE ORAL CAVITY: THE ROLE OF THE AMBULATORY CARE NURSE

68
IMPROVING THE USE OF ANTIEMETICS FOR PROPHYLAXIS OF CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING IN AN OUTPATIENT CANCER CENTER

69
A SYSTEM FOR THE SAFE ADMINISTRATION OF ORAL CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS IN THE HOME SETTING

70
OUTPATIENT DOCUMENTATION FORMS FOR CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIATION: COMPLYING WITH ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY GUIDELINES

72
A COMMUNITY-FOCUSED MODEL FOR INTEGRATING A COMMUNITY-BASED GENETIC PROGRAM WITH A COMMUNITY CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM: A NURSING INITIATIVE FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND CANCER INTERVENTION

73
THE IMPACT OF MEDICAL VISITS ON PATIENTS WITH CANCER

74
A UROLOGIC CANCER SECOND OPINION SERVICE: HELPING PATIENTS MAKE INFORMED TREATMENT DECISIONS

76
EFFICIENT SYSTEM TO SCHEDULE CHEMOTHERAPY AND SUPPORT THERAPIES FOR ONCOLOGY NURSES

Breast Cancer Management

55
LYMPHEDEMA FOLLOWING BREAST CANCER TREATMENT, INCLUDING SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY

98
"WHAT SHOULD I TELL MY CHILDREN?": AN ONCOLOGY NURSING PERSPECTIVE

99
RELIEF FROM HOT FLASHES: DEFINING DISTRESS AND SATISFACTION

100
CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS IN WOMEN 21-45 YEARS OF AGE

101
OPENING THE WINDOW ON HOT FLASHES

102
PEGFILGRASTIM WAS OBSERVED TO BE AS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AS FILGRASTIM IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER

103
PROMOTING BREAST HEALTH AMONG YOUNG WOMEN IN COLLEGE THROUGH BREASTIVAL EVENTS

104
"NO, IT'S NOT MASTITIS": DIAGNOSIS OF AND INNOVATIVE COMBINATION TREATMENT FOR INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER

105
EXPANDING THE COMFORT OF MASTECTOMY PATIENTS WITH THE PAPILLA GOWN

106
FATIGUE, DEPRESSION, AND BIOMARKERS IN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER: A PILOT STUDY

108
CONTEMPORARY MEASUREMENT OF SYMPTOM DISTRESS IN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER

109
WEIGHT AND BODY COMPOSITION CHANGES IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN RECEIVING ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER

110
INFORMATION NEEDS OF WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER IN RECOVERY

111
VIRTUAL REALITY INTERVENTION FOR OLDER WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER

112
FACTORS RELATED TO DELAYED HEALTH-SEEKING BEHAVIOR IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER

113
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE: PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE FOR WOMEN NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER

114
A PILOT STUDY TO EXPLORE THE RESOURCES AND THE SELF-CARE ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN WITH SIDE EFFECTS FROM CONVENTIONAL BREAST CANCER THERAPY

115
USING A SYMTOM DISTRESS TOOL IN AN OUTPATIENT BREAST CENTER

116
SISTERS FOR BREAST HEALTH: IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY

Cnacer Prevention

28
PERCEIVED CANCER WORRY IN WOMEN WITH HEREDITARY RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER

29
CANCER FAMILY HISTORY: HOW TO DRAW A PEDIGREE

31
DEVELOPING NICARAGUAN NURSES AS LEADERS IN CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL: PREPARATION FOR A NURSE-MANAGED, COMMUNITY-BASED BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM

Clinical Therapies and Associated Care

16
THE TREATMENT OF ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER WITH KETOCONAZOLE

19
MANAGING PATIENT POST HEPATIC ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION: THE INPATIENT NURSE'S ROLE

40
ENGRAFTMENT SYNDROME POST NONMYELOABLATIVE ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION: NURSING'S ROLE IN EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT

48
THE NURSING ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY FOR BRAIN TUMORS

49
A NOVEL APPROACH TO TREATING PATIENTS AFTER RESECTION OF MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMORS: DEVELOPMENT OF A NURSING CARE PLAN

51
A PHASE I/II STUDY TO EVALUATE THE OPTIMUM DOSE OF PEGYLATED-INTERFERON IN PATIENTS WITH PLATINUM-RESISTANT OVARIAN, PERITONEAL, OR FALLOPIAN TUBE CANCER: A NEW TREATMENT APPROACH FOR PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT DISEASE

52
WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN: PATIENTS RECEIVING HEPATIC INTRA-ARTERIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

53
TREATMENT OF PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA WITH HIGH-DOSE METHOTREXATE: NURSING'S UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION

54
ARSENIC TRIOXIDE: NURSING CONSIDERATIONS FOR SAFE ADMINISTRATION

71
CARING FOR OUTPATIENTS RECEIVING RADIOLABELED PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS: GUIDELINES AND EDUCATIONAL TOOLS

75
MANAGING VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI IN IMMUNO-SUPPRESSED BLOOD AND MARROW STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION PATIENTS IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING: ARE WE DOING ENOUGH?

91
GLEEVEC™ TREATMENT FOR CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA: THE NURSING MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE FROM CLINICAL TRIALS TO THE PRESENT

92
HORMONAL MANIPULATIONS FOR PROSTATE CANCER: THE AMBULATORY NURSE PRACTITIONER'S ROLE

93
THE ROLE OF THE ONCOLOGY NURSE IN IMPLEMENTING NEW TARGETED THERAPIES

94
NURSING PRIMER ON CANCER VACCINES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO EDUCATE YOUR PATIENTS

95
GELCLAIR™: A NEW, PROMISING, COST-EFFECTIVE, ORAL AGENT FOR THE REDUCTION OF MUCOSITIS SEQUELAE

96
PS 341: A NEW DRUG FOR THE TREATMENT OF RENAL CELL CARCINOMA: THE AMBULATORY NURSE'S ROLE

97
A PHASE I/II STUDY OF XYOTAX™ (CT-2103), A TUMOR-TARGETED TAXANE, IN PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT OVARIAN CANCER

156
NAIL CHANGES FOLLOWING INTRAVENOUS TAXOTERE^®

159
NURSING ROLE IN THE DELIVERY OF IBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN (ZEVALIN™) RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY: WHAT TO EXPECT

161
THALIDOMIDE: TOXICITY PROFILE AND NURSING IMPLICATIONS

183
COULD THIS BE LEPTOMENINGEAL METASTASIS?

186
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY: A NEW TREND IN ONCOLOGIC IMAGING

190
USE OF VACUUM-ASSISTED WOUND CLOSURE SYSTEM IN AN ONCOLOGY SETTING

Complementary Therapies

57
OUTCOMES OF COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY USE BY CHEMOTHERAPY PATIENTS

123
OPTIMIZED USE OF PHARMACOLOGIC AND COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES TO DECREASE CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED NAUSEA AND VOMITING

124
EDUCATION FOR ONCOLOGY NURSING: APPLYING COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDINCE IN THE PRACTICE SETTING

125
AROMATHERAPY: GUIDELINES FOR SAFE INCORPORTATION INTO NURSING PRACTICE

126
SUPPORTING THE SPIRITUAL CONNECTION: CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SPIRITUALITY QUEST GROUP FOR CANCER SURVIVORS

127
LAUNCHING A COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY PROGRAM IN ONCOLOGY: A NURSING INITIATIVE IN HOLISTIC CARE

128
CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR CARING THROUGH STORYTELLING

129
CANCER FITNESS: OUTCOME MEASURES AND FEATURES OF A THREE-TIERED PROGRAM

130
COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN THE 21ST CENTURY IN THE UNITED STATES

131
ROCKY MOUNTAIN TEAM SURVIVOR: A MODEL FOR A FITNESS AND ACTIVITY SUPPORT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENHANCE AND IMPROVE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR WOMEN CANCER SURVIVORS

132
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A FAMILY-CENTERED CARE PROGRAM IN AN ACUTE CARE ONCOLOGY UNIT

133
MEETING PATIENT NEEDS: INTEGRATING A HEALING ARTS PROGRAM TO CANCER CARE AND INTRODUCING THEM IN A UNIQUE AND MEANINGFUL WAY

End-of-Life and Palliative Care

20
END-OF-LIFE EDUCATION FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDERS

21
TOTAL SYMPTOM SCORES IMPACT HOSPICE PATIENTS' FUNCTIONAL STATUS AND QUALITY OF LIFE

22
GRIEF AND LOSS FOR PROFESSIONALS: PROVIDING A SHELTERING FORUM FOR EXPRESSION, FEEDBACK, AND VALIDATION THROUGH "STAFF GRIEF AND LOSS ROUNDS."

23
TESTING OUTCOMES OF PALLIATIVE CARE AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS (NURSING ASSISTANTS AND HOME HEALTHCARE AIDES) IN THE NURSING HOME AND REHABILITATION SETTING

162
EVALUATION OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING MANAGEMENT AND INTERVENTION IN A COLLABORATIVE ONCOLOGY AND PALLIATIVE CARE CLINICAL TRIAL FOR A LUNG CANCER PATIENT POPULATION IN A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AT AN ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

163
NURSING INTERVENTION PROTOCOL FOR PATIENTS WITH TERMINAL CANCER IN KOREA

164
IMPROVING ONCOLOGY NURSES' ATTITUDES AND KNOWLEDGE OF PALLIATIVE CARE

165
UNDERGRADUATE NURSING EDUCATION IN END-OF-LIFE CARE: PARTICIPATION IN A PALLIATIVE CARE COMPANION PROGRAM

166
HOPES, CONCERNS, AND EXPECTATIONS OF POOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH CANCER ABOUT CARE AT THE END OF LIFE

167
ETHICS AT THE END OF LIFE: AUTONOMY AND CONTROL

168
PROVIDING PALLIATIVE CARE TO THE UNDERSERVED: A CASE STUDY

Evidence-Based Practice

35
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE: A METHOD OF IMPROVING NURSING PRACTICE

Fatigue Management

58
SLEEP, FATIGUE, AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS AND MATCHED HEALTHY WOMEN EXPERIENCING HOT FLASHES

118
PATIENT-REPORTED DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER IMPROVES FOLLOWING REDUCTION IN ANEMIA-RELATED FATIGUE WITH DARBEPOETIN ALFA THERAPY

134
EFFECTS OF EXERCISE ON DAILY FATIGUE IN WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY

135
QUALITY OF LIFE AND FATIGUE IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS: DOES A SEATED EXERCISE PROGRAM MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

136
SYMPTOM CLUSTERS PREDICT FATIGUE SEVERITY IN ONCOLOGY OUTPATIENTS

137
INFLUENCE OF INTENSIVE CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FATIGUE, HALLUCINATION, AND SEDATION

138
WHO BENEFITS FROM ENERGY CONSERVATION FOR CANCER-RELATED FATIGUE?

139
FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH FATIGUE IN WOMEN BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY FOR BREAST CANCER

140
FACTORS INFLUENCING FATIGUE DURING AND AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY: RESULTS OF A FEASIBILITY SLEEP INTERVENTION STUDY

141
EVALUATING THE CLINICAL IMPORTANCE OF A FATIGUE ASSESSMENT TOOL: A PILOT STUDY

142
WOMEN RECEIVING ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER: IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND FATIGUE

Neutropenia

39
THE EXPERIENCE OF CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED NEUTROPENIA: QUALITY-OF-LIFE INTERVIEWS WITH ADULT CANCER PATIENTS

42
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY ONCOLOGY COST MODEL FOR CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED NEUTROPENIA

46
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT OF NEUTROPENIA

117
RATIONALE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACT-N: A NEUTROPENIA-SPECIFIC QUALITY-OF-LIFE TOOL

119
EFFECTS OF THE NEUTROPENIC DIET IN THE OUTPATIENT SETTING

120
TARGETED COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR USE IN PATIENTS AT RISK FOR NEUTROPENIC COMPLICATIONS FROM BREAST CANCER ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY: CLINICAL IMPACT OF A PREDICTIVE RISK MODEL

121
PEGFILGRASTIM (NEULASTA™) SUPPORTS DOSE-DENSE CHOP-R GIVEN EVERY 14 DAYS TO PATIENTS WITH NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA

122
NEUTROPENIC PRECAUTIONS: A JOURNEY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED STANDARDS

Outcomes

43
A PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF PALLIATIVE OUTCOMES OF SURGERY FOR ADVANCED MALIGNANCIES

44
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AND PULMONARY STATUS OF SURVIVORS OF NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER

45
A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF PATIENT SENSATIONS AFTER BREAST CANCER SURGERY: A TWO-YEAR FOLLOW-UP

77
NEUTROPENIA IN ONCOLOGY PATIENTS: STANDARDIZING AN EDUCATION-AL APPROACH AND MEASURING OUTCOMES

Pain Management

47
IMPROVING PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR THE POSTOPERATIVE THORACIC SURGERY ONCOLOGY PATIENT UTILIZING EPIDURAL INFUSIONS

143
THE INFLUENCE OF CAREGIVER AGE AND GENDER, AND PATIENT CLINICAL FACTORS ON FAMILY CAREGIVERS' PERCEPTIONS OF AND INVOLVEMENT IN CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT

145
A PILOT STUDY COMPARING PAIN INTENSITY, INFORMATION SEEKING, AND ADJUSTMENT TO PROSTATE CANCER AND METASTASIS IN FIRST-GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICAN MEN AND THIRD-GENERATION EUROPEAN AMERICAN MEN

146
HISPANIC PERSPECTIVES ABOUT BELIEFS AND REMEDIES FOR ACUTE PAIN

147
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT

148
CANCER-RELATED PAIN IN THE OUTPATIENT CLINIC

149
WHEN IS RELIEF FROM CANCER PAIN POOR, FAIR, OR GOOD?

150
AN INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS PAIN STANDARDS

151
PAIN IN ADULT RECIPIENTS OF HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN KOREA

152
GAINS ON PAIN

Patient Care

17
ADVANCING ONCOLOGY NURSING PRACTICE: MONTHLY COLLABORATIVE CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONS

18
MULTIDISCIPLINARY MANAGEMENT OF CANCER-RELATED MALNUTRITION IN AN INPATIENT GASTROINTESTINAL/HEPATOBILIARY UNIT

41
HEALTH PROMOTION AND BACK TO BASICS: INFLUENZA VACCINATION IN AN ADULT ONCOLOGY POPULATION

56
NURSING BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION TRIAL RESULTS IN FEWER HOSPITALIZATIONS AMONG CANCER PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY

Patient Education

50
PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR PATIENT RECOVERY: CREATION OF AN EDUCATION BOOKLET FOR BLADDER CANCER PATIENTS FOLLOWING CYSTECTOMY WITH NEOBLADDER RECONSTRUCTION

78
"BUTT BUSTERS: KIDS AGAINST SMOKING": A PROGRAM TO EDUCATE ELEMENTARY STUDENTS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SMOKING

79
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR: ONCOLOGY NURSES INCREASING THE COMMUNITY'S AWARENESS ABOUT LUNG CANCER

80
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PATIENT AND FAMILY EDUCATION COORDINATOR ROLE FOR HOSPITALIZED ONCOLOGY PATIENTS

81
THE HEPATIC ARTERIAL INFUSION THERAPY: THE INPATIENT NURSE'S ROLE IN PREVENTING COMPLICATIONS AND MAINTAINING PATIENT SAFETY THROUGH PATIENT EDUCATION

82
A PATIENT EDUCATION VIDEO TO ENHANCE LEARNING OF ESSENTIAL INFORMATION IN THE IMMEDIATE POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD FOLLOWING SURGERY FOR BREAST CANCER

83
NURSES AND PATIENTS: PARTNERS IN DEFINING EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

84
OUTCOME EVALUATION OF A PATIENT EDUCATION NOTEBOOK FOR WOMEN WITH GYNECOLOGIC MALIGNANCY

85
A PATIENT GUIDE TO CARE: COLLABORATION BY DEPARTMENT OF PATIENT PROVIDERS TO IMPROVE PATIENT EDUCATION

86
SERVING MINORITIES: CREATING A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO MEET THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF MULTICULTURAL INDIGENT GYNECOLOGIC CANCER PATIENTS

87
PATIENT EDUCATION MATERIAL FOR CUTTING-EDGE CANCER TREATMENTS: NURSES IN INDUSTRY AND AT THE BEDSIDE COLLABORATING ON A CANCER VACCINE EDUCATIONAL TOOL

88
GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROBLEM: AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PATIENT SATISFACTION

89
AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO UTILIZING CANCER SURVIVORS IN TELEPHONE PEER SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR BREAST CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS

Professional Development

12
SAFEGUARDING AN ENDANGERED SPECIES: SUSTAINING THE HEART, MIND, AND SPIRIT OF THE ONCOLOGY CAREGIVER

13
BEYOND ORIENTATION: SUPPORTING THE NEW AND EXPERIENCED ONCOLOGY NURSE

14
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A CONSULTATIVE SERVICE FOR NURSES PURSUING OCN^® CERTIFICATION

15
MONITORING, MEASURING, AND MANAGING CANCER NURSING RESOURCES: RESULTS OF ONE INSTITUTION'S "REPORT CARD" EFFORTS

26
HANDS-ON LEARNING: EDUCATING NEW ONCOLOGY NURSES IN A SKILLS LAB ENVIRONMENT

27
THE CHEMO OLYMPICS: A FUN APPROACH TO SAFETY IN CHEMOTHERAPY PRACTICE.

32
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT: STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS

178
CULTURAL COMPETENCE: ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE CHALLENGE?

179
ONCOLOGY NURSING ASSISTANT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: A PARTNERSHIP APPROACH TO ADDRESS HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES

180
SEXUALITY AND CANCER: HOW ONCOLOGY NURSES CAN ADDRESS IT BETTER

181
A MODEL FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

182
PUBLISH OR PERISH: NURSES WRITING FOR THE PROFESSION

184
LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND COMPLIANCE WITH WORK PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR PERSONNEL DEALING WITH CYTOTOXIC DRUGS: COMPARISON BY CLINICAL NURSE'S JOB CAREER AND WORK SITES

187
DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN OR ANY OTHER ONCOLOGY NURSE TO BECOME OCN^® CERTIFIED (A.K.A. GOT OCN^®?)

188
SYNTHESIS OF RESEARCH EVIDENCE: COLLABORATION AMONG PRACTITIONERS, EDUCATORS, AND RESEARCHERS

189
A COMPETENCY-BASED ORIENTATION FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES

192
IMPLEMENTATION OF A POCKET REFERENCE TOOL FOR REGISTERED NURSES INEXPERIENCED IN THE CARE OF COMPLEX ONCOLOGY PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL SETTING

193
PREPARING NURSES IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

194
THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER NURSING FELLOWSHIP: INTRODUCING CANCER CARE TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF NURSES

195
ARE YOU READY TO PRACTICE?

196
"RESEARCH TO PRACTICE": A PRACTICAL PROGRAM TO ENHANCE THE USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AT THE UNIT LEVEL

197
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILL SETS, COMPETENCIES, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO PROMOTE GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE FOR RESEARCH NURSES IN CLINICAL TRIALS

198
INTEGRATION OF THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT POPULATION INTO A PREDOMINANTLY ADULT BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT PROGRAM

Program Development

1
THE REVISED I CAN COPE-A MODEL OF COLLABORATION

2
DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE ART THERAPY PROGRAM

3
A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CREATING A BEREAVEMENT PROGRAM IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL SETTING

4
DELEtCC: DISSEMINATING END-OF-LIFE EDUCATION TO CANCER CENTERS

Quality Improvement and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

24
IMPROVING CHEMOTHERAPY SAFETY IN A MULTISPECIALTY TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTER

25
DON'T WAIT FOR SOMETHING BAD TO HAPPEN TO CHANGE PRACTICE: AVOIDANCE OF SENTINEL EVENTS BY LEARNING FROM NEAR MISSES

225
IMPACT OF AN INPATIENT ONCOLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER ON SELECTED OUTCOMES IN AN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER

226
RE-EVALUATING A PATIENT SAFETY PROGRAM IN AN ONCOLOGY NURSING SETTING

227
THE BUCK STOPS HERE: ONLINE ACTUAL AND NEAR-MISS MEDICATION ERROR REPORTING

228
ADDRESSING THE "MISSING PIECES" IN ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA INDUCTION THERAPY

229
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT: EVALUATING AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL TO ENHANCE PATIENT OUTCOMES

230
COMMITMENT TO QUALITY PATIENT CARE

231
FACT ACCREDITATION: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY MODEL FOR PREPARATION FOR THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS

232
GETTING TO THE ROOT OF CHEMOTHERAPY ERRORS: USING A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS APPROACH TO CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC MEDICATION ORDERING

233
THE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER CONSORTIUM FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT'S PATIENT SATISFACTION INITIATIVE

234
INCORPORATING KEY VALUES AND JOINT COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION OF HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS FUNCTIONS INTO ONCOLOGY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

235
EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

236
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CASE MANAGEMENT

237
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VIRTUAL WORK GROUP OF THE ONCOLOGY NURSING SCOIETY CLINICAL TRIALS NURSES SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP: KEYS TO PRODUCTIVITY

238
USING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE CLINICAL PRACTICE

239
COLORADO CANCER RESOURCE GUIDE ONLINE PROJECT

240
USING PLAIN LANGUAGE AND INFORMATION MAPPING TO COMMUNICATE HEALTH INFORMATION ONLINE

241
BAR CODE READER INTRODUCED AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

242
DEFINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUR PATIENT CARE AREA: USING TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A UNIT PROFILE AND TO SIMPLIFY DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

243
DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTERIZED ONCOLOGY NURSING DOCUMENTA-TION PATHWAY: COLLABORATION YIELDS RESULTS

Research to Improve Patient Care

9
TRANSCENDING BREAST CANCER

10
ENHANCING ADAPTATION FOLLOWING RADIATION TREATMENT: CONCRETE INFORMATION VERSUS EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION

11
IMPROVING CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR HOMECARE NURSES

36
MEASURING NAUSEA, VOMITING, AND RETCHING: THE MODIFIED RHODES INDEX OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING SHORT VERSION FOR RESEARCH AND CLINICAL USE

37
SYMPTOM TRAJECTORY FOLLOWING 12 WEEKS OF BIOTHERAPY

38
EVALUATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CANCER PAIN INTENSITY, SATISFACTION WITH PAIN RELIEF, AND ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS TO PAIN MANAGEMENT: ANOTHER LOOK

199
IDENTIFYING SYMPTOMS THAT CLUSTER IN WOMEN WITH OVARIAN CANCER

200
PERCEPTIONS OF THE CAREGIVING EXPERIENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF MEXICAN/MEXICAN AMERICAN CAREGIVERS PROVIDING CARE TO ADULTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER

201
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN A SAMPLE OF WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN AN OVARIAN CANCER EARLY DETECTION PROGRAM

202
CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN WITH OVARIAN CANCER

203
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE QUALITY OF LIFE, HOPE, AND SYMPTOM DISTRESS IN BREAST AND COLORECTAL CANCER PATIENTS

204
WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE COOPERATIVE CARE WORK

205
INCREASING TESTICULAR SELF-EXAMINATION IN ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIERS: AN INTERVENTION STUDY

206
PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE ITALIAN VERSION OF THE BRIEF FATIGUE INVENTORY

207
THE DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX: A USEFUL MEASURE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH RADIATION SKIN REACTIONS IN SCOTTISH CANCER CENTRES

208
MINI MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION SCORES AS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY BRAIN TUMORS ENTERING CLINICAL TRIALS

209
COMPREHENSIVE SCREENING AND MANAGEMENT OF DISTRESS

210
THE CHALLENGE OF DEFINING THE COMPLEX ROLE OF THE CLINICAL RESEARCH NURSE.

211
A CROSS-CULTURAL SURVEY (ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY, EUROPEAN ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY, AND MULTINATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SUPPORTIVE CARE IN CANCER): PERCEPTION OF WORKLOAD, TIME CONSTRAINTS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING ANTIEMETIC TREATMENT

212
PILOT TEST OF A SLEEP INTERVENTION FOR CAREGIVERS OF PEOPLE WITH CANCER

213
NONRESPONSE BIAS: AN ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM A STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF CANCER SURVIVORSHIP

214
INFORMATIONAL NEEDS OF KOREAN PATIENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY

215
THE LONGITUDINAL EFFECTS OF CANCER TREATMENT ON SEXUALITY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH LUNG CANCER

216
STABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE PRIORITIES INDEX

217
APPLIED RESEARCH TRAINING SEMINAR: A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR NURSES

218
DEVELOPING A PROFESSIONAL ABSTRACT: A TEAM APPROACH

219
NEW NURSING STRATEGY TO IMPROVE PATIENT UNDERSTANDING OF INFORMED CONSENT FOR PHASE I CLINICAL TRIALS

220
RESPONSE TO ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTS DURING RADIOTHERAPY

221
THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE ROLE-RELATED MEANING SCALE FOR STAFF IN PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY

222
PEDIATRIC END-OF-LIFE NURSING EDUCATION

223
LEADING WITH COMPASSION: THE EXPERIENCE OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS CARING FOR ONCOLOGY PATIENTS

224
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN COPING WITH BREAST CANCER: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS

Retention and Recruitment

34
STRATEGIES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF AGENCY NURSES: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF A NURSING SHORTAGE

169
RETAINING NEW ONCOLOGY NURSES: A CHALLENGE FOR NURSING EDUCATION

170
AN INNOVATIVE STRATEGY FOR REGISTERED NURSE RETENTION: A SELF-CONTAINED UNIT WITH AN AVAILABILITY SYSTEM

171
KEEPING YOUR BEST: STAFF RETENTION.

172
UTILIZING A RECOGNITION DINNER TO ASSESS RETENTION OF ONCOLOGY NURSES

173
A NOVEL CARE DELIVERY MODEL: UTILIZING A FLEXIBLE WORKWEEK TO IMPROVE NURSE RETENTION AND SATISFACTION

174
FINDERS, KEEPERS: IMPROVING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION: EFFORTS ON AN INPATIENT BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANT UNIT

175
SINK OR SWIM! RESCUE EFFORTS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING TEAMWORK, MORALE, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE THROUGH ADOPTING AN IMAGE OF NURSING SERIES

176
GLUE: A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE NURSE RETENTION

177
ONCOLOGY STAFF NURSES TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR PSYCHOSOCIAL WELLNESS: THE “CIRCLE OF CARE” PROGRAM

Supportive Therapy

30
ADVOCATING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS: SPERM BANKING

Symptom Management

33
CULTIVATING SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT EXPERTISE ON AN INPATIENT ONCOLOGY UNIT

153
LONG-TERM USE OF VENLAFAXINE FOR HOT FLASHES

154
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER: ASSESSMENT TOOLS THAT EMPOWER PATIENTS TO COMMUNICATE THEIR CHEMOTHERAPY-RELATED SYMPTOMS

155
MYELOSUPPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA TREATED WITH LBRITUMOMAB TIUXETAN (ZEVALIN™)

158
SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED BY MESOTHELIOMA PATIENTS: USE OF THE LUNG CANCER SYMPTOM SCALE TO ASSESS IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH MALIGNANT PLEURAL MESOTHELIOMA

160
DOXIL^®-RELATED PALMAR-PLANTAR ERYTHRODYSESTHESIA: NURSING CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY

185
EMPOWERING PATIENTS: ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY PROVIDE INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO MANAGING MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION

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HYPOVITAMINOSIS D: IMPLICATIONS FOR ONCOLOGY PATIENTS RECEIVING BISPHOSPHONATE THERAPY