Ardith Doorenbos

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..To determine the priorities of oncology nursing research, including the effect of evidence-based practice resources as identified by the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) membership in June 2008...

..The survey also elicited target topics for future ONS PEP resources. Awareness of the resources varies among different nursing roles. Increased awareness among clinicians can guide and support improved patient care...

..To describe the characteristics of dignified dying and other terminology nurses used to describe this phenomenon in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and the United States (US)...

..With greater understanding of the symptom experience, intervention strategies can be targeted to achieve the desired outcome of increased quality of life at the end of life...

..Participants also reported finding the online delivery convenient and the interactive format valuable. Improving the quality of cross-cultural patient-provider communication can contribute to reducing disparities at end-of-life...

..Our results suggest that printed materials with health messages are likely too weak an intervention to produce the desired behavioral outcomes in cancer screening...

..The study purpose was to compare the effectiveness of a PST intervention delivered face-to-face with one delivered via videophone to hospice primary caregivers...

..We recommend that future investigators who are using mobile devices in their research pay careful attention to usability issues as well as strategies that might keep patients engaged and motivated...

..We recommend that future investigators who are using mobile devices in their research pay careful attention to usability issues as well as strategies that might keep patients engaged and motivated...

..Determining survivors' information needs provides meaningful topics for future support group education. Telehealth is a viable way to facilitate cancer support groups to AI and AN cancer survivors in rural communities...

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..Findings demonstrate the value of problem solving as a psycho-educational intervention in the hospice setting and call for further research in this area...

..To evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral intervention in decreasing symptom severity in patients with advanced cancer undergoing chemotherapy...

..The Project ECHO model improves access to health care. It may provide a way to bring specialist care to rural areas in developing countries...

..To describe nursing interventions to promote dignified dying as identified by nurses in four countries...

..To examine variables associated with cultural competence among urban, hospital-based healthcare providers in Ontario (Canada) and Michigan (US)...

..Knowledge gained will be useful for developing future research studies and specific cultural competence intervention approaches for healthcare providers that may decrease health disparities...

..This article describes the statistical background of incorporating IRT into a multilevel framework and extends this approach to longitudinal health outcomes, where the self-report method is used to construct a multi-item scale...

..The CCA is a promising tool to measure cultural competence in populations with a wide range of educational levels and backgrounds...

..In their efforts to provide culturally appropriate end-of-life care, hospices can use the information in this study to implement intervention plans aimed at increasing cultural competence among hospice staff...

..The results of this study provide needed information regarding the Asian Indian population and how Hinduism affects advance directives...

..The results will be instrumental in improving culturally congruent palliative care. ..

..This project will evaluate the effect of the web-based training for primary health clinicians on quality of end of life communication as assessed by patients and with content-based coding of clinician communication with patients. ..

..This project will evaluate the effect of the web-based training for primary health clinicians on quality of end of life communication as assessed by patients and with content-based coding of clinician communication with patients. ..