Improving the nursing management of patients in a hematology/oncology day unit: An action research project

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Wallis, Marianne ^a   Tyson, Sue ^b  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Action research; Oncology day care; Patient education; Psychosocial care; Staff patient ratios; Staffing allocation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG EXTRAVASATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NAUSEA; NURSING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF CARE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; QUEENSLAND; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037307990     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200302000-00011     Document Type: Article

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