Publications by authors named "H E Ehrenberger"
Purpose/objectives: To identify the significant dimensions of the clinical trials nursing role and to construct a reliable and valid survey instrument to reflect these dimensions.
Design: Methodologic survey.
Setting/sample: The judge panel consisted of six national nurse experts.
Purpose/objectives: To describe the planning, implementation, and evaluation of an educational program to increase the awareness of cancer clinical trials among community-dwelling seniors in a southeastern metropolitan community.
Data Sources: Published articles, research findings, conference proceedings, government-issued educational materials, and clinical experiences with patient recruitment and enrollment.
Data Synthesis: The elderly are underrepresented significantly in cancer clinical trials.
Because oncology nurses in day-to-day practice are key to clinical trial conduct, current dynamics impacting drug development and the clinical trials community must be delineated and understood. Increasing cancer clinical trial complexity raises concerns for the preservation of appropriate roles and responsibilities of oncology nurses while ensuring quality care for those trial participants. Oncology nurses have the unique opportunity to lead the way by developing and embracing creative, innovative strategies to orchestrate clinical trial complexities and thus preserve the future of these trials and the ongoing development of chemopreventive and anticancer agents.
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