OBJECTIVES To review the published research related to the interventions of Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, and Healing Touch representing energy therapies in relation to oncology nursing. DATA SOURCES Peer-reviewed literature. CONCLUSION There is growing evidence that energy therapies have a positive effect on symptoms associated with cancer. While there is need for further research, it is clear...

1Department of Pediatric Oncology, 2Center for Outcomes and Policy Research, and 3Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; 4Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, MA; 5Department of Pediatrics, Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital at St Vincent, Indianapolis, IN; and 6Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Children’s Hos...

1 Division of Paediatric Haematology/Oncology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2 Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 3 Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, National Institute of Pediatrics (NIP), Mexico City, Mexico, 4 Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis...

Addressing supportive care needs of individuals affected by cancer is a crucial role for oncology nurses. If these needs are not identified and addressed, then individuals and their families risk experiencing biopsychosocial distress. This paper describes how a group of interested nurses with research and/or cancer knowledge developed, implemented and evaluated an evidence-based university unde...

PURPOSE Pediatric oncology is a challenging environment for computerized provider order entry (CPOE). Our goal was to build on the proven safety features of CPOE and facilitate input of expert clinicians. METHODS A standard, commercially available CPOE system was implemented throughout the hospital. The design of the pediatric oncology implementation was a collaborative effort by a multidisci...

1 Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Center of Child and Adolescent Health, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2 Molecular and Cellular Immunology Section, University College London – Institute of Child Health, London, UK, 3 Research Unit for Pediatric Hematology and Immunology, Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Departmen...

1. Pediatric Infectious Disease Department, Ankara Hematology Oncology Children's Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 2. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey 3. Laboratory of Microbiology, Ankara Hematology Oncology Children's Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 4. National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Public Health ...

BACKGROUND Recruiting, retaining, and training oncology nurses is challenging given the stress levels associated with a field with constantly evolving treatments and a need for expertise in death and dying. OBJECTIVES This research was conducted to assess what is unique about oncology nursing, to identify what motivates oncology nurses to continue working in the specialty, and to determine wh...

From the University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI. © 1990 by Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses. Nursing practices at many institutions advocate the use of occlusive, sterile permanent right atrial catheter (PRAC) dressing change procedures. Few of these practices are based on research data. However, nursing literature suggests that employing simpler procedures or no dres...