Scientific Global Nursing Hackathon Experience.

Background: Hackathons are organized to bring together both experienced and novice individuals from a variety of backgrounds to brainstorm creative solutions to complex issues. Hackathons may last from a few hours to a few days and may provide rewards for winning entries.

Purpose: In this article, we describe an experience with a scientific hackathon at an international nursing research congress in Calgary, Canada.

What symptoms are important to patients? Developing a symptom burden measure for women with breast cancer.

Purpose: The American Cancer Society predicted that 266,120 women would be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018. Women experience significant symptom burden in response to tumor and treatment-related adverse effects, particularly in advanced disease. Use of valid and reliable patient-reported outcomes (PRO) symptom measures may assist clinicians in systematically monitoring and managing symptoms.