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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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Nursing's Central Role in the Care of Individuals With Cancer: 1900-1940

Brigid Lusk
ONF 2011, 38(6), E1-E6 DOI: 10.1188/11.S1.ONF.E1-E6
Above all else, patients with cancer during the early decades of the 20th century needed the care of nurses. As one physician wrote in 1913, the care of a patient with cancer under a physician's direction "often devolves upon the nurse, whether the case belongs to the curable or incurable class" (...
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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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Race and Lung Cancer Surgery—A Qualitative Analysis of Relevant Beliefs and Management Preferences

Maureen George
Mitchell L. Margolis
ONF 2010, 37(6), 740-748 DOI: 10.1188/10.ONF.740-748
Purpose/Objectives: To gain a better understanding of beliefs about the utility of lung cancer resection surgery and preferences for lung cancer management among African American and Caucasian adults. Research Approach: Qualitative. Setting: The Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center...
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Same-Day Breast Cancer Surgery: A Qualitative Study of Women's Lived Experiences

M. Victoria Greenslade
Barbara Elliott
Sue Ann Mandville-Anstey
ONF 2010, 37(2), E92-E97 DOI: 10.1188/10.ONF.E92-E97
Purpose/Objectives: To understand the experiences of women having same-day breast cancer surgery and make recommendations to assist healthcare professionals effect change to enhance quality of care. Research Approach: Thematic analysis of audiotaped interviews. Setting: Outpatient departments of...
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