Nurse-Led Consultation and Symptom Burden in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer: A Comparative Analysis of Routine Clinical Data.

Background: Head and neck cancer (HNC) patients experience distressing symptoms that can significantly impact their health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We analyzed the implementation of a nurse-led consultation (NLC) and explored potential associations with symptom burden in HNC patients. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed routinely collected data to describe the implementation of the nurse-led interventions and the evolution of the M.

Associativism in nursing, public communication, and interaction with the media.

Objective: To describe the processes of producing messages and interacting with the media by professional nursing associations.

Methods: Qualitative, descriptive study based on semi-structured interviews with managers of five professional nursing associations in Portugal. The data were subjected to thematic content analysis.

Reaching out: Organizational structures and public communication of nursing professional associations and trade unions in Portugal.

Aim: To describe the organizational structure and resources for strategic mediacommunication of nursing professional associations and trade unions in Portugal.

Design And Methods: Quantitative study, with a cross-sectional, exploratory/descriptive design. From October to November 2017, a questionnaire was sent to 21 nursing professional associations and trade unions in Portugal.

The exposure of the nursing profession in online and print media.

Objective: to describe the coverage of news concerning the nursing profession in the Portuguese media: informative sites on the Internet and in print media.

Method: a total of 1,271 health news items were collected in September and October of 2011 (956 online news items and 325 news items originating from the press review of the Portuguese Order of Nurses). Statistical analysis was used to characterize the variables.