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Increased Mobility and Fall Reduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach on a Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Unit

Tia Wheatley
Michael Desrosiers
Denise Specchierla
Elisa K. Lynn
Stephanie Jackson
CJON 2021, 25(3), 329-332 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.329-332
Patients in the hematology-oncology and stem cell transplantation (SCT) setting are at high risk for functional decline and falls related to prolonged hospitalizations and inactivity during inpatient treatment. After underperforming on the Press Ganey National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators...
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Managing Falls: Implementation of a Three-Intervention Initiative to Improve Quality of Care for Patients With Cancer

Karen Lyse Harden
Paula Wall
Laura Galunas
Debra J. Eastman
Thomas S. Frederick
CJON 2021, 25(2), 188-193 DOI: 10.1188/21.CJON.188-193
Background: All healthcare institutions prioritize falls as a major safety issue. Falls are of particular concern on inpatient oncology units where patients are substantially at risk for injury related to falls. Objectives: This article describes a multifaceted fall-prevention initiative that can...
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Oncology Nursing Society Position

Cancer Predisposition Genetic Testing and Risk Assessment Counseling

ONF 2000, 1349 DOI:
The ability to identify invididuals who are at risk for developing cancer because of an inherited altered (mutated) cancer predisposition gene is possible throuigh cancer predisposition genetic testing. However, while providing the capability to target those individuals who might benefit from...
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Orthostatic Vital Signs Algorithm: Decreasing Falls in Patients Undergoing Blood and Marrow Transplantation or Treatment With Cellular Immunotherapy

Lisa Grady
John Klein
Amy Elizabeth Patterson
Crystal Pompos
Richard R. Reich
Tina M. Mason
CJON 2020, 24(5), 489-494 DOI: 10.1188/20.CJON.489-494
Background: Falls experienced by patients undergoing blood and marrow transplantation or treatment with cellular immunotherapy (BMT-CI) may result in injury or death. An algorithm was developed using the patient fall circumstances identified in a chart analysis from 2016. Objectives: This study...
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Practice Innovations

Patient Falls Prevention: Assessing the Use of an Innovative Color-Coded Flag System in an Outpatient Oncology Infusion Center

Megha Shah
CJON 2020, 24(4), 448-450 DOI: 10.1188/20.CJON.448-450
Patients in outpatient oncology settings are highly susceptible to falls. Because clothing can hide a patient’s wrists, fall-alert risk bands may not be not consistently visible. Using an inexpensive, innovative, and visually accessible color-coded flag system placed outside of each infusion room...
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