S L Beck

..The Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative supported interdisciplinary research teams to address gaps in measuring the contributions of nursing to quality care...

..The purpose of this exploratory pilot study is to examine whether resistance exercise via negative eccentrically-induced work (RENEW) improves muscle and mobility in a diverse sample of older cancer survivors...

..Research to document the effects of nursing on patient outcomes such as pain has been limited by the inability to measure the quality of nursing care effectively...

..The coexistence of high levels of satisfaction and high levels of pain has been perplexing...

..Comorbidities were associated with greater symptom intensity and less physical health status. Survivorship care for elderly adults should include a comprehensive geriatric assessment and tailored strategies for symptom management...

..The goal of this study is to characterize sleep quality and quantity prior to and in the first three nights after initial chemotherapy for breast cancer...

..Government and non-government leaders, educators, and practitioners must collaborate to address the barriers to effective pain management and to implement improvements in education, health policy, and health care delivery...

..To test whether sleep disturbance mediates the effect of pain on fatigue...

..To review the state of the science on sleep/wake disturbances in people with cancer and their caregivers...

..This tool can be used for research and as a clinical performance measure to monitor and improve quality of care and patient outcomes...

..However, 27% of cancer patients reported that the FSI was difficult for them to complete. Differences in factorial validity between each original scale and its Chinese version indicate a need for further testing in Taiwan...

..Psychometric evaluation supports its internal consistency reliability and construct validity. However, the scoring is rather cumbersome and raises questions regarding level of measurement and appropriate analysis techniques...

..To analyze predictors of adjustment and growth in women who had experienced recurrent ovarian cancer using components of the Resiliency Model of Family Stress, Adjustment, and Adaptation as a conceptual framework...

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..To review the principles of symptom cluster assessment, choosing appropriate symptom measures, and methods to identify symptom clusters...

..Research is needed to sort out and identify symptom clusters as a basis for a rational approach to symptom management...

..In addition, the result in this study is helpful for clinical nurses to understand expressions of fatigue in cancer patients within the Chinese culture but the meaning of fatigue still needs to be further explored...

..IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: The oncology nurse plays a pivotal role in assessing and managing mucositis in cancer patients...

..To provide a clinical overview of treatment-related symptom clusters...

..It will also provide a scientific basis and new directions for clinical assessment and intervention...

..Visual graphical analysis (VGA) is a technique that can provide researchers with an alternative method of quantitative statistical analysis that is more sensitive to individual change and variation...

..To examine nursing faculty job satisfaction and their perceptions of nursing deans' and directors' leadership styles, and to explore how the perceptions of leadership styles relate to faculty job satisfaction in Taiwan...

..In addition to offering patients and clinicians a tool to facilitate effective management of the distressing symptom, this evidence-based review identifies gaps in knowledge and research opportunities...

..There is a need to improve NHI policy and home care programmes to provide more holistic services for the patients with mental illness and their family...

..The largest changes occurred in long-term care facilities. Nevertheless, the percentage of patients in moderate to severe pain remained unacceptably high...

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..This program can contribute to increasing knowledge about how to improve quality of life for men with prostate cancer by testing an innovative approach that targets troublesome symptoms and allows men to choose how they want to learn. ..