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Incidence of Preventable Postoperative Readmissions Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Implications for Patient Education

Margaret Hari
Margaret Rosenzweig
ONF 2012, 39(4), 408-412 DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.408-412
Purpose/Objectives: To determine readmission rates post-pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), readmission reasons following PD, and patients' postoperative education prior to discharge. Design: Retrospective, descriptive study of established medical records of patients who have undergone PD from 2006-2008...
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The Experience of Viewing Oneself in the Mirror After a Mastectomy

Wyona M. Freysteinson
Amy S. Deutsch
Carol Lewis
Angela Sisk
Linda Wuest
Sandra K. Cesario
ONF 2012, 39(4), 361-369 DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.361-369
Purpose/Objectives: To describe the experience of viewing oneself in a mirror following a mastectomy. Research Approach: Ricoeur's hermeneutic phenomenology. Setting: Three hospitals in a nonprofit healthcare system in the southwestern United States. Participants: Purposive sample of 12 women 3-12...
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Pilot Study of a Survey to Identify the Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following Breast Cancer Surgery

Fozia N. Bokhari
Diana E. McMillan
Susan McClement
Paul J. Daeninck
ONF 2012, 39(2), E141-E149 DOI: 10.1188/12.ONF.E141-E149
Purpose/Objectives: To provide a preliminary determination of the prevalence rate of women who suffer from neuropathic pain post breast surgery (PPBS) and explore potential risk factors associated with its development. Design: Prospective, quantitative, longitudinal survey. Setting: Breast health...
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Sensory Perceptions of Patients With Cancer Undergoing Surgical Insertion of a Totally Implantable Venous Access Device: A Qualitative, Exploratory Study

Eva Goossens
Godelieve A. Goossens
Marguerite Stas
Christel Janssens
Martine Jérôme
Philip Moons
ONF 2011, 38(1), E20-E26 DOI: 10.1188/11.ONF.E20-E26
Purpose/Objectives: To investigate sensory perceptions of patients who underwent insertion of a totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD) under local anesthesia. Research Approach: Qualitative, exploratory study. Setting: Tertiary care center in Belgium. Participants: 20 adult patients with...
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Cancer Nursing: The Modern Era

Pamela J. Haylock
ONF 2011, 38(6), E7-E14 DOI: 10.1188/11.S1.ONF.E7-E14
Sandelowski (1997) suggested that from 1870-1940, emerging technology, defined as the "use of material objects to achieve practical human ends" (p. 4), divided American nursing into two periods-before and after World War II. Sandelowski (1997) presented the case that, throughout American nursing...
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