Next of kin of cancer patients - challenges in the situation and experiences from a next of kin course.

Purpose: To gain more knowledge about the challenges facing the next of kin of cancer patients and how a cognitive-based course for these next of kin helps them handling the challenges they are facing.

Methods: Focus groups were used to explore the experiences, thoughts, and perceptions of the next of kin about specific challenges and their participation in the course. A thematic content analytical approach was used.

The role of next of kin of patients with cancer: learning to navigate unpredictable caregiving situations.

Aims And Objectives: The aims of this study are to develop knowledge about (1) the experiences of next of kin in caring for seriously ill patients with cancer and (2) the effects of strain and support on the next of kin's ability to cope.

Background: Better treatment has resulted in patients with cancer normally living longer. Because this treatment is typically administered in a polyclinic or at home, next of kin inherit the largely unknown and demanding role of caregiver.

Cancer nurses narrating after conversations with cancer outpatients: how do nurses' roles and patients' perspectives appear in the nurses' narratives?

Aim: The aim of this study was to contribute to knowledge of nursing practice in the cancer care field by exploring cancer nurses' perceptions of conversations with cancer outpatients.

Background: Current practice at cancer outpatient clinics in Norway is that nurses have planned conversations with patients and relatives as a follow-up after patient-physician conversations about assessment and medical treatment. Little is known about nurses' experiences of conversations in the ambulatory context.