Home-Based Reiki by Informal Caregivers: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study.

This pilot study explored whether Reiki delivered by family caregivers to cancer patients in a home setting was feasible in reducing cancer symptoms and enhancing health-related outcomes. An explanatory sequential mixed-methods study design was applied using pre-/post-Reiki questionnaires and post-Reiki interviews. Six patient-caregiver dyads from an outpatient clinic and cancer support facilities in northeast America performed daily Reiki at home for 3 weeks.

Parental relationships beyond the grave: Adolescents' descriptions of continued bonds.

Objective: Many people experience an ongoing relationship with a deceased loved one. This is called a "continued bond." However, little is known about the adolescent experience with continued bonds once a parent has died.

Spiritual uncertainty: exemplars of 2 hospice patients.

Spirituality is important to persons approaching the end of life. The ambiguous nature of dying and spirituality creates many opportunities for uncertainty. This article presents 2 exemplars from hospice patients about the different ways that spiritual uncertainty affected their dying experience.

Proximal antecedents to violent events in adolescent dating relationships.

Dating violence affects 25-60% of adolescents. This study developed a typology of proximal antecedents to violent events in adolescent dating relationships. Descriptions of 307 dating violence events were extracted from transcribed interviews with 87 young adults who experienced dating violence as adolescents.

Understanding denial.

Purpose/objectives: To explore the adaptive and maladaptive uses of denial while developing a clearer understanding of denial.

Data Sources: Nursing and psychological periodicals and textbooks.

Data Synthesis: Oncology nurses tend to have too broad a definition of denial because they overgeneralize similar patient responses and label them as denial.