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| Marcia M GrantSummaryAffiliation: City of Hope National Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Self-care strategies for nurses: A psycho-educational intervention for stress reduction and the prevention of burnoutKate Kravits
Department of Nursing Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
Appl Nurs Res 23:130-8. 2010..There are opportunities for evolving the program so that more enduring change in self-care is generated...
Development of a chronic care ostomy self-management programMarcia Grant
Division of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center Beckman Research Institute, 1500 E Duarte Road, Duarte, CA, 91010, USA
J Cancer Educ 28:70-8. 2013..Testing of the program is in process. Pilot study participants reported high satisfaction with the program syllabus, ostomy nurse leaders, and ostomate peer buddies...
Nursing role implications for family caregivingMarcia Grant
Division of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 28:279-82. 2012..To describe the clinical, education, and research roles of professional nurses caring for family caregivers. DATA SCORES: Review of literature and Websites on the professional nursing role and family caregivers...
Irrigation practices in long-term survivors of colorectal cancer with colostomiesMarcia Grant
City of Hope National Medical Center, Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA, USA
Clin J Oncol Nurs 16:514-9. 2012..The article also will explore healthcare professionals' role in ensuring patients and family members are educated and well informed about their options regarding temporary or permanent ostomies...
Functional status and health-related quality of life among allogeneic transplant patients at hospital discharge: a comparison of sociodemographic, disease, and treatment characteristicsMarcia Grant
Division of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
Support Care Cancer 20:2697-704. 2012..The findings of this study are part of a larger mixed-methods study, representing one data time point of the larger study...
Educating health care professionals to provide institutional changes in cancer survivorship careMarcia Grant
City of Hope, Division of Nursing Research and Education, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
J Cancer Educ 27:226-32. 2012..Institutional assessments found improvement in seven domains of care that related to institutional change. This course provided education to participants that led to significant changes in survivorship care in their settings...
Evidence-based practice for staff nursesMarcia Grant
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
J Contin Educ Nurs 43:117-24. 2012..Barriers to the involvement of staff nurses in evidence-based practice include time commitments, staffing challenges, and limited experience in identifying evidence...
Current status of palliative care--clinical implementation, education, and researchMarcia Grant
Division of Nursing Research and Education, Department of Population Science, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
CA Cancer J Clin 59:327-35. 2009..Opportunities are available to clinicians for understanding and applying appropriate palliative and end-of-life care to patients with serious and life-threatening cancers...
Disseminating end-of-life education to cancer centers: overview of program and of evaluationMarcia Grant
City of Hope National Medical Center Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
J Cancer Educ 22:140-8. 2007..Systematic provision of compassionate end-of-life (EOL) care requires strategic training of health professionals. Disseminating EOL Education to Cancer Centers (DELEtCC) targeted education of interdisciplinary institutional teams...
Preparing professional staff to care for cancer survivorsMarcia Grant
Department of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010 3000, USA
J Cancer Surviv 1:98-106. 2007....
Oncology nurse participation in survivorship careMarcia Grant
Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
Clin J Oncol Nurs 14:709-15. 2010..In addition, nurses significantly contribute to the dissemination and coordination of information between patients and healthcare providers...
The enduring need for the pain resource nurse (PRN) training programMarcia Grant
Nursing Research and Education, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
J Cancer Educ 26:598-603. 2011..Most respondents (89%) disseminated course content to others within their own institutions. PRN-trained nurses expressed improved confidence in pain management and attributed course content to the improvement in their practice behavior...
Gender differences in quality of life among long-term colorectal cancer survivors with ostomiesMarcia Grant
City of Hope National Medical Center, Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 38:587-96. 2011..To describe how gender shapes the concerns and adaptations of long-term (i.e., more than five years) colorectal cancer survivors with ostomies...
Discharge and unscheduled readmissions of adult patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: implications for developing nursing interventionsMarcia Grant
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in Duarte, CA, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 32:E1-8. 2005..To identify implications for nursing practice from survey results and the literature that may improve patient outcomes during and following initial hospital discharge...
Revision and psychometric testing of the City of Hope Quality of Life-Ostomy QuestionnaireMarcia Grant
Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010, USA
Qual Life Res 13:1445-57. 2004..The City of Hope Quality of Life (COH-QOL)-Ostomy Questionnaire is an adult patient self-report instrument designed to assess quality of life. This report focuses on the revision and psychometric testing of this questionnaire...
Cancer nursing research short course: long-term follow-up of participants, 1984-1998Marcia Grant
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 31:E32-8. 2004..To describe research activities of cancer nurses following participation in the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)/National Cancer Institute Cancer Nursing Research Short Course from 1984-1989...
Advances in quality of life at the end of lifeMarcia Grant
Nursing Research and Education, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 26:26-35. 2010....
Complementary and alternative medicine: oncology nurses' knowledge and attitudesM Teresa Rojas-Cooley
Inland Valley Medical Center, Wildomar, CA, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 36:217-24. 2009..To describe oncology nurses' complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) knowledge and attitudes...
Psychological issues of stem cell transplantLiz Cooke
Department of Nursing Research, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 25:139-50. 2009....
An overview of the ACE Project-advocating for clinical excellence: transdisciplinary palliative care educationShirley Otis-Green
City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte CA 91010 3000, USA
J Cancer Educ 24:120-6. 2009..Excellence in palliative care demands attention to the multidimensional aspects of patient and family suffering, yet too few psycho-oncology professionals report adequate preparation in this vital area...
Going with the flow: quality-of-life outcomes of cancer survivors with urinary diversionRobin Gemmill
Division of Nursing Research and Education, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010, USA
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 37:65-72. 2010..The purpose of this descriptive study was to describe health-related quality of life (HRQOL) concerns among cancer patients with continent urinary diversion (UD) and incontinent UD...
Long-term recovery after hematopoietic cell transplantation: predictors of quality-of-life concernsF Lennie Wong
Population Sciences, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010 3000, USA
Blood 115:2508-19. 2010..05); allogeneic patients with chronic GVHD were less likely to work (P = .002). Multidisciplinary efforts to identify and support vulnerable subgroups after HCT need to be developed...
Development and evaluation of a decision aid for BRCA carriers with breast cancerJulie O Culver
Division of Clinical Cancer Genetics, Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA 91010 3000, USA
J Genet Couns 20:294-307. 2011..Stakeholders were divided as to whether the DA should be offered at-home versus only in a clinical setting. This well-received DA will be further tested to determine accessibility and effectiveness...
Promoting excellence in pain management and palliative care for social workersShirley Otis-Green
City of Hope, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care 4:120-34. 2008..Initial evaluation data (N = 276) are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of this innovative educational program...
Development of a cancer genetics education program for cliniciansKathleen R Blazer
Department of Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, California 91010, USA
J Cancer Educ 17:69-73. 2002..There is a gap in knowledge about hereditary cancer and genetic testing among primary care practitioners. Education is needed to enable identification and management of patients at high risk for cancer...
Evaluation of the End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium undergraduate faculty training programBetty R Ferrell
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California 91010, USA
J Palliat Med 8:107-14. 2005..To date, there has not been a unified or organized effort to broadly address the preparation of nurses in EOL care...
Late mortality in survivors of autologous hematopoietic-cell transplantation: report from the Bone Marrow Transplant Survivor StudySmita Bhatia
City of Hope Cancer Center, 1500 E Duarte Rd, Duarte, CA 91010 3000, USA
Blood 105:4215-22. 2005..4) when compared with siblings. Although mortality rates approach that of the general population after 10 years in certain subgroups, long-term survivors of autologous HCT continue to face challenges affecting their health and well-being...
Health beliefs of women with and without breast cancer seeking genetic cancer risk assessmentDeborah J MacDonald
Clinical Cancer Genetics Department, City of Hope Cancer Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
Cancer Nurs 28:372-9; quiz 380-1. 2005..Nurses are in a prime position to assist women seeking GCRA by providing accurate information and emotional support regarding cancer risk, risk factors, and genetic testing...
Cancer screening and risk-reducing behaviors of women seeking genetic cancer risk assessment for breast and ovarian cancersDeborah J MacDonald
Clinical Cancer Genetics Department, City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 33:E27-35. 2006..To examine breast and ovarian cancer screening and risk-reducing behaviors of women seeking genetic cancer risk assessment (GCRA)...
Complementary and alternative medicine: oncology nurses' experiences, educational interests, and resourcesM Teresa Rojas-Cooley
City of Hope National Medical Center, Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 33:581-8. 2006..To describe oncology nurses' experiences with patients communicating interest in or use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies along with oncology nurses' CAM resources and educational interests...
Creating tomorrow's leaders in cancer prevention: a novel interdisciplinary career development program in cancer genetics researchKathleen R Blazer
City of Hope Cancer Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
J Cancer Educ 21:216-22. 2006..To prepare oncology, genetics and molecular medicine professionals for basic, translational and epidemiological cancer genetics research through advanced training in a novel specialized cancer genetics career development program (CGCDP)...
Advanced practice nurses core competencies: a framework for developing and testing an advanced practice nurse discharge interventionLiz Cooke
Department of Nursing Research, City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
Clin Nurse Spec 22:218-25. 2008....
"Research to practice": a practical program to enhance the use of evidence-based practice at the unit levelLiz Cooke
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 31:825-32. 2004..To assist clinical nurses in translating research into clinical practice...
Alignment of pain reassessment practices and National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelinesCynthia Smith Idell
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 34:661-71. 2007..To improve nursing pain reassessment practices using a research utilization model and advanced practice nurses (APNs)...
The evolving paradigm of adult cancer survivor careMarcia Grant
Department of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, USA
Oncology (Williston Park) 22:13-22, 27. 2008..With these advances, survivorship care is emerging as a distinct component of the continuum of care in oncology...
Dialogue among survivors of hematopoietic cell transplantation support-group themesRhonda S Sherman
City of Hope National Medical Center, San Diego, USA
J Psychosoc Oncol 23:1-24. 2005..Recommendations for applying findings to current clinical practice using support groups are identified...
Quality of life outcomes in 599 cancer and non-cancer patients with colostomiesRobert Krouse
General and Oncologic Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Nursing Research and Education, Duarte, California 91010, USA
J Surg Res 138:79-87. 2007..The purpose of this study was to describe QOL issues of colostomy patients and compare these issues in cancer and non-cancer participants...
Issues and opportunities in quality end-of-life careMarcia Grant
Department of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
J Oncol Manag 11:22-4. 2002
Support for evidence-based practiceLiz Cooke
Department of Nursing Research and Education, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 E. Duarte Rd, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 18:71-8. 2002..However, nurses have found creative ways to obtain needed resources to implement EBP...
Evidence-based practice in cancer nursing. IntroductionDana N Rutledge
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
Semin Oncol Nurs 18:1-2. 2002
Enhancing end-of-life care in nursing homes: Palliative Care Educational Resource Team (PERT) programMary Ersek
Pain Research Department, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98122 5711, USA
J Palliat Med 8:556-66. 2005..This trend will create challenges for nursing homes to ensure that staff possess the necessary knowledge and skills to care for dying residents...
Research Grants
- DISSEMINATING END OF LIFE EDUCATION TO CANCER CENTERSMarcia Grant; Fiscal Year: 2005....
- A Standardized Nursing Intervention Protocol for HCT PatientsMarcia Grant; Fiscal Year: 2007..Outcomes are evaluated at 3, 6 and 12 months post hospital discharge. The study builds on over ten years of research collaboration with an interdisciplinary HCT team. ..
- Survivorship Education for Quality Cancer CareMarcia Grant; Fiscal Year: 2007..A national group of leading experts have enthusiastically agreed to be faculty. ..
- A Standardized Nursing Intervention Protocol for HCT PatientsMarcia Grant; Fiscal Year: 2009..Outcomes are evaluated at 3,6 and 12months post hospital discharge. Thestudy builds on over ten years of research collaboration with an interdisciplinary HCT team. ..
