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             Stress Levels of Nurses in Oncology Outpatient Units April 2016 • Volume 20, number 2, pages 158 - 164 • DOI: 10.1188/16.CJON.158-164   Woonhwa Ko, and Norma Kiser-Larson Background: Oncology nursing is often a source of substantial stress for nurses. Many nurses, particularly novice nurses, have inadequate preparation to care for patients at the end of life and their families. Unless nurses prevent or manage work-related stress by using effective coping strategies, oncology nursing staff will continue to suffer from burnout and compassion fatigue. Objectives: The purpose of this article is to identify stress levels and stressful factors of nurses working in oncology outpatient units and to explore coping behaviors for work-related stress of oncology staff nurses in outpatient units. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional design was used to identify stress levels and stressful factors for outpatient oncology nurses, investiga...
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                 The Meaning of Touch to Patients Undergoing Chemotherap y   September 10.1188/15.ONF.517-526   Katherine E. Leonard, and Melanie A. Kalman     Purpose/Objectives: To explore the experience of being touched in people diagnosed with cancer and undergoing IV chemotherapy.    Research Approach: Qualitative, phenomenological.    Setting: Central New York and northern Pennsylvania, both in the northeastern United States.    Participants: 11 Caucasian, English-speaking adults.    Methodologic Approach : Individual interviews used open-ended questions to explore the meaning of being touched to each participant. Meanings of significant statements, which pertained to the phenomenon under investigation, were formulated hermeneutically. Themes were derived from immersion in the data and extraction of similar and divergent concepts among all interviews, yielding a multidimensi...
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