Oncologic Nursing - Methods
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Supporting children of parents who are dying.

29 Nov 2009 Nurses, parents and other family members tend to feel ill equipped when talking to children about a parent's impending death. Adults often feel the need to protect children from the reality of a parent's imminent death. However, research indicates ... Read more...

Living to the end: Merging holistic and evidence-based strategies to meet the needs of people living with advanced cancer.

29 Jun 2009 With advances in the treatment and long-term management of cancer, the number of people living with metastatic and advanced cancers has continued to grow. Yet their issues and concerns, and those of their family caregivers, are often neglected. ... Read more...

Malignant fungating wounds: epidemiology, aetiology, presentation and assessment.

29 Jun 2009 These wounds can be devastating for patients and challenging for practitioners. This article, the first in a series, examines the research literature on their aetiology and presentation, and suggests how they might be most effectively ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Oncologic Nursing - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Supporting children of parents who are dying. 29 Nov 2009
• Living to the end: Merging holistic and evidence-based strategies to meet the needs of people living with advanced cancer. 29 Jun 2009
• Oral mucositis in radiation/chemotherapy: treatment similarities. 29 Jun 2009
• Malignant fungating wounds: epidemiology, aetiology, presentation and assessment. 29 Jun 2009
• Older breast cancer survivors' symptom beliefs. 29 Jun 2009
• Factors that affect intention to avoid strenuous arm activity after breast cancer surgery. 29 Jun 2009
• Fighting over food: patient and family understanding of cancer cachexia. 29 Jun 2009
• Centering prayer for women receiving chemotherapy for recurrent ovarian cancer: a pilot study. 29 Jun 2009
• Perspectives on music therapy in adult cancer care: a hermeneutic study. 29 Jun 2009
• The effectiveness of nursing education as an intervention to decrease fatigue in Turkish patients receiving chemotherapy. 29 Jun 2009
• The impact of dry versus moist heat on peripheral IV catheter insertion in a hematology-oncology outpatient population. 29 Jun 2009
• Help seeking for cancer symptoms: a review of the literature. 29 Jun 2009
• As God opens doors, I follow. 29 Jun 2009
• Aromatherapy in nursing practice. 30 May 2009
• Aseptic non-touch technique. 30 May 2009
• Good oral hygiene practice. 30 May 2009
• [The role of oncology nurses in treatment outcomes. What can we do for the patients' compliance treated with intravenous zoledronic acid?] 30 May 2009
• Clinical challenges: chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. 29 Apr 2009
• Clinical approaches to special issues related to opioid therapy. 29 Apr 2009
• Understanding the genetic determinants of pain and pain management. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Oncologic Nursing'

Definition: Nursing care provided cancer patients. It includes aspects of family functioning through education of both patient and family. The specialty of oncologic nursing focuses on cancer as a major health care problem.

Descriptor UI: D009859

Alternative terms: Oncologic Nursing; Oncological Nursing; Nursing, Oncological; Nursings, Oncological; Oncological Nursings; Nursing, Oncologic; Nursings, Oncologic; Oncologic Nursings;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.478.676.605; N02.421.533.600;

History Note: 85

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; ONCOLOGIC NURSING = the nursing specialty, NEOPLASMS /nurs = the patient; DF: ONCOL NURS