Advances in how clinical nurses can evaluate and improve quality of life for individuals with cancer.

@article{King2006AdvancesIH,
  title={Advances in how clinical nurses can evaluate and improve quality of life for individuals with cancer.},
  author={Cynthia R. King},
  journal={Oncology nursing forum},
  year={2006},
  volume={33 1 Suppl},
  pages={
          5-12
        }
}
  • C. King
  • Published 2006
  • Medicine
  • Oncology nursing forum
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe advances in the ways that clinical nurses understand, assess, and work to improve quality of life (QOL) for individuals with cancer since the 1995 Oncology Nursing Society's State-of-the-Knowledge Conference on QOL. DATA SOURCES Published research and clinical articles. DATA SYNTHESIS The number of QOL assessment tools and methods for understanding QOL results has increased. However, scant literature has focused on how clinical oncology nurses evaluate QOL and… 
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  • Medicine, Psychology
    Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research
  • 2010
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The Impact of Specialized Oncology Nursing on Patient Supportive Care Outcomes
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Significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes in key supportive care domains: unmet needs, quality of life, and continuity of care, as well as a shift in patterns of health resource utilization from acute care settings to the community over the course of the intervention are found.
How do nurses assess quality of life of cancer patients in oncology wards and palliative settings?
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  • Medicine, Psychology
    European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society
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Quality of life tools for adult patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review
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This review will consider studies of QoL tools used in conjunction with cancer chemotherapy, and the suitability of the quality of life tool for use in clinical setting is considered.
The role of the oncology nurse navigator in distress management of adult inpatients with cancer: a retrospective study.
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The research shows that patients benefit from having an ONN to answer their questions and provide them with education about their diseases and that the satisfaction may be related to a decrease in distress and increase in overall quality of life.
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Eight interpretive themes were revealed from the data: It Is Hard Being a Parent with Cancer, Symptom Management Is a Challenge, Social Support is Imperative, Information Access is Essential, Fear of Recurrence and Mortality, Trusting Relationships with Health Care Professionals Make a Difference, Financial Worries, and Follow Up Care.
Reliability, validity and feasibility of quality of life instruments for adult patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy: result from a systematic review.
AIM The aim of this review was to analyse the literature critically and present the best available evidence related to quality of life (QoL) instruments that consists of all four subscales of…
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There remains gaps in knowledge regarding quality of life (QOL) issues and the cancer experience from theoretical, research, clinical, and educational perspectives and future directions for QOL theory,Research, education, and practice are recommended.
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Nursing nurses value QOL as an outcome measure of cancer treatment but lack knowledge regarding its measurability, particularly with respect to reliable tools and available time to assess it well.
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A conceptual model of the nurses' relationship-based perceptions of patients' QOL is developed, specifically to learn more about how nurses complete a QOL assessment within the context of the nurse-patient relationship.
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In this review we investigate how assessments of quality of life (QoL) can be used in daily clinical practice. The focus is on individualized QoL assessments, but computerized-adaptive testing and…
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