Building Family Caregiver Skills Using a Simulation-Based Intervention: A Randomized Pilot Trial

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 419-427

  Mazanec, Susan R ^a   Sandstrom, Kate ^b   Coletta, Darlene ^c   Dorth, Jennifer ^d   Alfes, Celeste M ^a   Daly, Barbara J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Radiation Oncology at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

experiential learning; family caregivers; head and neck cancer; simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; SIMULATION TRAINING; TEACHING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELF EFFICACY; SIMULATION TRAINING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85068495863     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/19.ONF.419-427     Document Type: Article

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