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..QUESTIONS 3 AND 4: The case is made that more attention should be given to preparing translation scientists in research-intensive doctoral programs in nursing, and several strategies were suggested for moving toward that goal...

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..The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the practice doctorate, current progress and development of the concept, and the potential impact on practicing pediatric and other nurse practitioners...

..However, one additional outcome realized from the initiative has been the coming together of nursing education and practice to achieve a common goal-improved patient care outcomes...

..In this article, the immediate past president of the American Organization of Nurse Executives describes how some organizations are doing just that...

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..The aim of the second survey was to profile the issues and activities of critical care nurses and their professional organizations, expanding on the previous survey to obtain both an update of the issues and a wider global perspective...

..Because most professional practice acts are vague in relation to specific therapies, a model for legal analysis is presented...

..This will better prepare nurse administrators to succeed in their arduous work...

..This study took an important step in furthering understanding of nursing certification and the implications for health care organizations, nursing certification boards, and certified and noncertified nurses...

..A case study is used to illustrate the opportunity a multidisciplinary team has to center care on the individual, while remaining sensitive to the holistic needs of the patient for self-determination at the end of life...

..To test the feasibility of using patient acuity indicators as proxy measures for the AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care patient characteristics...

..To begin addressing the barriers, ENA developed a research curriculum based on the continuing education needs and interests identified by the nurses...

..The unfolding of that process is reported from the content-specific oral histories of five PHN leaders who served on the QC and participated in developing the PHN competencies...

..Review AACN's healthy work environments initiative and learn how the standards can be used to build cultures of safety...

..The pedagogy combines principles of adult education, includes families as teachers, and integrates affective and cognitive dimensions to enhance learning...

..The purpose of this article is to share the author's perspectives after attending a national SOHN BOD meeting as a guest attendee...

..In this article, the opportunity to position nursing within the Ontario MOHLTC vision is described, as well as the work undertaken to prepare for a province-wide approach to critical care nursing education and training...

..The MICU's "journey" to the award prompted an introspective look into the unit, its policies, and its methods of providing the highest quality patient care, in an environment that is supportive to the nursing staff...

..This article focuses on how to achieve this award. The Coronary Care Unit nursing infrastructure is described, and specific unit examples are included...

..The results of this national practice analysis, reported here, provided the initial information required to ensure the development of a practice-related, content-valid certification examination for academic nurse educators...

..Analysis of the student-identified objectives revealed a high level of congruity with the nationally established competencies...

..Future directions of the consortium also are highlighted...

..Of the remaining respondents who did not answer this question, we could not be clear on their status and so decided not to separate member and non-member responses during analysis...

..Educators and others can learn from the collective wisdom of previous work and use this information to aid in development of plans and policy initiatives for development of the future nursing educational infrastructure...

..The ability of academic and service partners to forge the types of relationships and promote best practices as is occurring in the CNL project may be a critical success factor in confronting the current and impending nursing shortage...

..This article provides an overview of international, national, and state perspectives and approaches in addressing the issue of assuring competency from a public policy perspective, including one state's experience to date...

..Finally, Part 3 will describe the use of the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program as the model for learning activity and Benner's Novice to Expert theory for program evaluation...

..RCN president Maura Buchanan is the college's most senior elected officer. As her second year of office takes off she is focusing on leadership...

..Nursing education, professional activity, and years of clinical experience contribute to the knowledge necessary for competency in pain management, as evidenced by higher scores using this survey tool...

..Future development of research priorities for Australian critical care nurses needs to be carefully considered. It is essential that identification of such research priorities be done within the context of their intended use...

..Clearly stated goals for measuring quality of life as well as an understanding of the pragmatic and theoretical explanations for current trends in quality of life measurement are fundamental to this focus...

..A focus on the nurse practitioner's (NP) role in familial risk assessment, physical examination, initiation of genetic referrals, and issues related to the genetic counseling process are also discussed...

..To obtain information about the knowledge and attitudes of oncology nurse practitioners (ONPs) concerning the effect of direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription medications on prescribing patterns...

..To determine oncology nurses' knowledge of, attitudes toward, and experiences with advance directives (ADs)...

..To explore oncology nurses' experiences with receiving requests for assisted dying from terminally ill patients with cancer...

..To use the Oncology Nursing Society's cultural competence guidelines to review research studies conducted by oncology nurse researchers with racial and ethnic minorities and published in the Oncology Nursing Forum during 1990-2000...

..AIM; In this paper, we focus on ageing as an area in which nursing, society and the humanities can be profitably conjoined. We illustrate our argument with three case studies of ageing: in painting, opera and ballet...

..To describe nurses' views of care of the terminally ill...

..In this historical review, we trace the movement to professionalise nursing and midwifery which emerged in the Colony of Victoria during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...

..This article is the culmination of the collaborative task force's efforts to define how TCNS seeks the fulfillment of human rights for people of all cultures worldwide...

..To identify the ways oncology nurses in one state advocate for patients, as well as the resources they use to do so...

..b>Nursing societies are in a unique position to promote evidence-based practice (EBP)...

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..Adherence to ASCO and ONS standards for safe chemotherapy administration should be a goal of all providers of adult cancer care...

..To determine the current patterns of use of personal protective equipment among oncology nurses while handling antineoplastic chemotherapeutic agents in outpatient and office-based settings...

..To explore relationships between oncology nursing certification and oncology nurses' job perceptions...

..Adherence to ASCO and ONS standards for safe chemotherapy administration should be a goal of all providers of adult cancer care...

..Additional practices relevant to HSCT nursing also were explored...

..To describe oncology nurses' attitudes, smoking behaviors, and involvement in tobacco-control policy and legislation...

..Many grant recipients acknowledged that PENS was their first source of research funding and gave them the opportunity to become experienced in their role as clinical researchers...

..Using the AHCPR guideline as a framework, the authors describe the frequency of tobacco interventions provided by oncology nurses...

..To describe the implementation and refinement of a yearly research utilization (RU) course for oncology nurses...

..To determine the magnitude of selected obstacles and supportive behaviors in providing end-of-life (EOL) care to patients with cancer as perceived by oncology nurses...

..To review neutrophil physiology, consequences of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN), CIN risk assessment models, national practice guidelines, the impact of febrile neutropenia and infection, and what is known and unknown about CIN...

..Familiarity with the literature will assist oncology nurses in proactively identifying and effectively managing patients experiencing this distressing symptom...

..The data were reviewed by experts in the field of lymphedema management. The lymphedema ONS PEP card, a user-friendly, succinct summary of interventions, was released at the 33rd Annual ONS Congress in May 2008...

..To examine the roles of oncology nurses in improving quality care for cancer survivors...

..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...

..In addition, the category "communicating" was frequently discussed by nurses. The importance of communication was a thread woven throughout their responses...

..This paper reports a literature review examining the activities of professional nursing associations in the promotion of evidence-based practice...

..Nurses are not alone in their request for more education about suicide prevention; this study confirms earlier research of psychologists and psychiatrists who report they need more education in suicide risk management...

..Those with greater barriers were less likely to deliver tobacco cessation interventions...

..Although each institution has unique characteristics or research needs, the method used to address the reported program is transferable...

..This article discusses the results of the LNA and how the key issues that it has revealed are being addressed in EONS' nurse education programme, 'Training Initiative in Thrombocytopenia, Anaemia and Neutropenia (TITAN)'...

..Further, the consequences that importing these diagnoses might have on the "profession's" development are usually neglected within the literature...

..Pain is a nursing-sensitive patient outcome; that is, pain can be directly affected by nursing interventions. Knowing the current evidence for pharmacologic management of cancer pain is critical to improve patient outcomes...

..To describe advances in the ways that clinical nurses understand, assess, and work to improve quality of life (QOL) for individuals with cancer since the 1995 Oncology Nursing Society's State-of-the-Knowledge Conference on QOL...

..To determine the Oncology Nursing Society's (ONS's) research priorities for 2001-2005 for oncology nursing across the entire scope of cancer care, including prevention, detection, treatment, and palliative care...

..Two samples (N = 200; N = 2,500) were randomly selected from the Oncology Nursing Society membership to allow us to examine psychometric properties of the scale. The scale possessed satisfactory psychometric properties...

..This article originally was offered by the authors as a presentation at the ONS 29th Annual Congress in May 2004...

..Preliminary analysis of data from our current study indicates positive effects for the COPE program on key outcome variables and creates a compelling case for more long-term follow-up. ..

..The planning committee for the workshop consists of representatives from five medical and nursing societies. Topics covered include impact of depression, anxiety, and COPD; impact and identification of depression in ..

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..To translate molecular biology research so that nurses can utilize this new knowledge in clinical care and practice and can accurately and appropriately communicate the information to cancer patients and their families. ..

..Project evaluation will include both project activities and outcomes...

..The ONS Research Agenda will be evaluated after each conference from 2003-2007. ..

..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. ..

..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. ..

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..This proposal includes extensive evaluation planned to monitor individual and institutional dissemination. ..

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..This proposal includes extensive evaluation planned to monitor individual and institutional dissemination. ..

..This course will impact 120 healthcare settings to improve pain management and quality of life in cancer patients and to establish model pain education programs for national dissemination. ..

..S. to improve health outcomes for our nation's children and adolescents. ..

..Aim 3 proposes a quasi-experimental design to test the impact of community-level stigma reducing interventions within national nurses associations on its nurse members. ..

..Statistical analyses include RM-ANOVA, generalized estimation equation methodology and multiple regression analysis. Results may inform development of clinical guidelines for fatigue management during adjuvant CT. ..

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..The Spanish-translated sleep questionnaire will provide for planned NIH funding of epidemiologic, education, intervention and evidence- based outcomes studies of sleep disorders in Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans. ..

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..This project has potential to decrease smoking and improve health outcomes of Americans. ..

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..Due to the limited studies in older adults with cancer, these specific aspects of decision-making have not been previously explored. ..

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..Evidence is also provided to support the feasibility of utilizing nurse case managers to delivery a home care-based adherence intervention. ..

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