Human Caring Perspectives of Care Meanings and Expressions in a Nigerian Cancer Care Setting.

Background: Caring in Africa is often viewed from sociopolitical and humanity perspectives.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the meanings and expressions of caring from the narratives of persons living with cancer and their nurses.

Methods: This study adopted a qualitative ethnonursing methodology.

Prelicensure Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Patients With Cancer Revisited.

Recruiting graduate nurses into oncology practice postgraduation continues to be challenging. Graduate nurses tend to prefer clinical settings that they consider high-tech or challenging, with oncology ranking low. In additio.

Comprehensive Clinical Literature Review of Managing Bone Metastases in Breast Cancer: Focus on Pain and Skeletal-Related Events.

Background: Bone metastases are the most common site of metastatic disease in breast cancer and can result in significant pain and an increased risk of skeletal-related events (SREs). Uncontrolled pain can further lead to negative outcomes.

Objectives: The aim is to provide oncology nurses with the latest evidence on the management of bone metastases in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) with a focus on pain and SREs.

Palliative care needs and preferences of older adults with advanced or serious chronic illnesses and their families in rural communities of Indiana, USA.

Purpose: To explore the palliative care needs and preferences of older adults with advanced or serious chronic illnesses and their families. Also, to propose strategies to promote supportive palliative care in the rural communities of Indiana, USA.

Method: We conducted qualitative interviews to gather rural caregivers' experiences of palliative care.

The experience of family support among patients newly diagnosed with cancer in Jordan.

Purpose: To describe the experiences of family support from the perspectives of patients newly diagnosed with cancer.

Methods: Descriptive qualitative phenomenological design was undertaken, including in-depth individual interviews with 13 newly diagnosed cancer patients from two hospitals in Jordan.

Results: Three themes emerged: 'being there,' 'family reunion and connectedness,' and 'gratified with family support.

The Effect of the Pain Symptom Cluster on Performance in Women Diagnosed with Advanced Breast Cancer: The Mediating Role of the Psychoneurological Symptom Cluster.

Background: Pain, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and constipation were reported in different symptom clusters at different stages of breast cancer. Managing symptom clusters rather than individual symptoms can improve performance status.

Aim: The study examined the effect of pain symptom cluster (pain and constipation) on performance when mediated by the psychoneurological symptom cluster (depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbances) using age as a moderator.