The Impact of Nurses' Beliefs, Attitudes, and Cultural Sensitivity on the Management of Patient Pain.

Introduction: Nurses' attitudes and beliefs may impact pain management. This study investigated nurses' perceptions regarding their own and patients' pain experiences by examining relationships between pain cautiousness and stoicism, cultural sensitivity, and personal pain attitudes.

Methodology: A correlational methodology examined nursing staff in a Midwestern private hospital.

Anticipating posttraumatic growth from cancer: patients' and collaterals' experiences.

Posttraumatic growth has been demonstrated to occur following the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Still unknown is whether patients expect such growth, how growth is perceived at early points in time that follow the cancer experience, and whether patient reports of growth are corroborated by others. Participants were 87 patients and 55 collaterals who reported their anticipation of growth pretreatment and their perceived growth at a 9-month follow-up.

Spiritual growth and decline among patients with cancer.

Purpose/objectives: To investigate spiritual transformation among patients with cancer.

Design: Longitudinal.

Setting: A university medical center in the midwestern United States.