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| Susan C McMillanSummaryAffiliation: University of South Florida Country: USA Publications
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Dyspnea and quality of life indicators in hospice patients and their caregiversLinda E Moody
University of South Florida, College of Nursing, 12901 Bruce B, Downs Blvd, MDC 22, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 1:9. 2003..35, p =.04). However, mastery, symptom distress, age, and education were found to be significant predictors of variance in quality of life of caregivers (R2 =.40, p =.02)...
Impact of coping skills intervention with family caregivers of hospice patients with cancer: a randomized clinical trialSusan C McMillan
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Cancer 106:214-22. 2006..The purpose of this study was to determine whether hospice plus a coping skill training intervention improved family caregivers' QOL, burden, coping, and mastery, compared with hospice plus emotional support, and usual hospice care...- Training pain resource nurses: changes in their knowledge and attitudesSusan C McMillan
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 32:835-42. 2005..To determine the changes in knowledge and attitudes of pain resource nurses (PRNs) as a result of an intensive pain management course... - Assessing and managing opiate-induced constipation in adults with cancerSusan C McMillan
University of South Florida College of Nursing, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Cancer Control 11:3-9. 2004 - Interventions to facilitate family caregiving at the end of lifeSusan C McMillan
College of Nursing and the Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End of Life Studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
J Palliat Med 8:S132-9. 2005..Sadly, there appears to be a limited number of investigators doing this important work. More research is needed to provide complete evidence on which to base practice and policy decisions... - Methodologic issues in collecting data from debilitated patients with cancer near the end of lifeSusan C McMillan
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 30:123-9. 2003..To report the experience of a group of researchers who have had a year of experience in a clinical trial with homecare hospice patients... 
Relationships among pain, sleep disturbances, and depressive symptoms in outpatients from a comprehensive cancer centerSusan C McMillan
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 35:603-11. 2008..To describe the pain experience of outpatients with cancer and explore the relationships with sleep disturbance, depression, and patient functioning...- Symptom distress and quality of life in patients with cancer newly admitted to hospice home careSusan C McMillan
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FA, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 29:1421-8. 2002..To evaluate the relationships between quality of life (QOL) and symptom distress, pain intensity, dyspnea intensity, and constipation intensity in people with advanced cancer who were newly admitted to hospice home care... - Revising the blueprint for the Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) examination: a role delineation studySusan C McMillan
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 29:E110-7. 2002..To conduct a role delineation study of basic oncology nursing practice as a basis for revision of the blueprint for the Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) examination... - Hospice patient and caregiver congruence in reporting patients' symptom intensitySusan C McMillan
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, 33612, USA
Cancer Nurs 26:113-8. 2003..It appears that family caregivers cannot reliably report patient symptom intensity. Healthcare providers need to train family caregivers in conducting systematic assessments instead of assuming that they understand patient symptoms... - Using the COPE intervention for family caregivers to improve symptoms of hospice homecare patients: a clinical trialSusan C McMillan
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 34:313-21. 2007..To test an intervention for hospice caregivers designed to help them better manage symptoms experienced by patients with cancer... - Improving hospice outcomes through systematic assessment: a clinical trialSusan C McMillan
College of Nursing, Center for Hospice, Center for Hospice, Palliative Care and End of Life Studies at USF, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Cancer Nurs 34:89-97. 2011..Systematic assessment is vital to palliative care, but documentation confirming completion of systematic assessment in hospice settings is often inadequate or absent... - Spiritual needs of persons with advanced cancerDiane M Hampton
Clinical Pastoral Education Program, James A Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 24:42-8. 2007..The most frequently cited unmet need was attending religious services. Results suggest the importance of a focus on the spiritual more than the religious in providing care to patients at the end of life... - Pain, neuropathic symptoms, and physical and mental well-being in persons with cancerCindy S Tofthagen
University of South Florida College of Nursing, 12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd, MDC22, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Cancer Nurs 33:436-44. 2010..Neuropathic pain is present in at least 25-40% of people with cancer pain and is thought to be more difficult to control than other types of cancer related pain... - Interpersonal factors predict increased desire for hastened death in late-stage cancer patientsSean Ransom
Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
Ann Behav Med 31:63-9. 2006..Cancer patients at the end of life sometimes express a wish that death would come quickly, but this desire for hastened death (DHD) remains little understood. Relationships with spousal caregivers may play a role in patients' DHD... - Pain resource nurses: believing the patients, and believing in themselvesSandra Holley
James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 32:843-8. 2005..Nurses with an interest and specialized knowledge in pain assessment and management at the unit level may greatly improve patient outcomes... - Development and psychometric evaluation of the chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy assessment toolCindy S Tofthagen
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, USA
Cancer Nurs 34:E10-20. 2011..Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) can be a debilitating and dose-limiting adverse effect of chemotherapy. Comprehensive self-report tools for CIPN are needed for research and clinical practice... - Validating the brief pain inventory for use with surgical patients with cancerMary Beth Tittle
College of Nursing, St Petersburg College, St Petersburg, FL, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 30:325-30. 2003..To examine the psychometric characteristics of the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) for surgical patients with cancer and to compare the validity and reliability results between surgical and medical patients with cancer... - Presence and severity of constipation in hospice patients with advanced cancerSusan C McMillan
University of South Florida, College of Nursing, Tampa, USA
Am J Hosp Palliat Care 19:426-30. 2002..The constipation assessment scale (CAS) measured the presence and intensity of constipation. Comparisons between time points were not possible, but trends seem to indicate that patient symptoms are not being successfully managed... - Peripheral neuropathy in patients with colorectal cancer receiving oxaliplatinCindy Tofthagen
College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Clin J Oncol Nurs 15:182-8. 2011.... - Nurses' and social workers' experience with patients who requested assistance with suicideWilliam E Haley
N Engl J Med 347:2082-3; author reply 2082-3. 2002 - Putting evidence into practice: evidence-based interventions for the prevention and management of constipation in patients with cancerMyra Woolery
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Clin J Oncol Nurs 12:317-37. 2008..Many of the strategies have been evaluated in nononcology populations; researchers should evaluate their effectiveness in oncology populations... - Methodological issues in the recruitment of cancer pain patients and their caregiversSean Ransom
Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 08903, USA
Res Nurs Health 29:190-8. 2006..Results suggest that researchers should recruit from a broad patient base and limit study burden on participants... - Pain reports by older hospice cancer patients and family caregivers: the role of cognitive functioningRebecca S Allen
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487 0348, USA
Gerontologist 42:507-14. 2002..However, little is known about how cognitive functioning may impact the self-report of pain or the report of care recipient pain by family caregivers...