Managing distress in oncology patients: Description of an innovative online educational program for nurses

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 485-490

  Pasacreta, Jeannie V ^a   Kenefick, Amy L ^a,b   McCorkle, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case finding; Coping; Distress; Education; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCREENING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MASS COMMUNICATION; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 61749085783     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000339251.83571.f9     Document Type: Article

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