Exploring the psychological impacts of a gestational cancer diagnosis on women: a literature review.

Background: One in 1000 women are diagnosed with gestational cancer in the UK. Of these, the greatest number are breast cancer diagnoses. The rate of gestational cancer is expected to increase due to women choosing to become pregnant later in life.

Using the transtheoretical model of behaviour change to analyse the impact of stopping exercise: a reflection.

This article is an analytical reflection of the personal health journey of a first-year nursing student that was undertaken as part of a first-year unit of study. Focusing on social, physical and psychological aspects of health, it explores the impact of the cessation of exercise on her emotional and physical health and wellbeing. This is relevant to current practice as a result of COVID-19, which reduced opportunities for exercise for many people, whether because of self-isolation and lockdown restrictions on leisure facilities or increased workload and caring responsibilities, all of which affect health and wellbeing.

Nursing measures to support the needs of haematological cancer survivors post-treatment: a literature review.

Background: Patients with haematological cancers are surviving longer due to increasingly effective treatments. Many patients continue to need support and advice after treatment ends.

Aims: To review the support needs of patients after treatment for haematological cancer, in order to establish nursing measures for supporting them.

A personal reflection: using theoretical frameworks to understand the impact of starting university on health and wellbeing.

This article presents a personal reflection using theoretical frameworks as the basis of understanding multifaceted influences on the personal health of the primary author since beginning undergraduate university degree studies in nursing. It also explores theoretical and lay definitions of health and wellbeing, before analysing influences on health from a personal perspective. This illustrates how understanding, developed through the use of theoretical frameworks, can enable individuals to enhance their own health and wellbeing.

Nursing considerations for supporting cancer patients with metastatic spinal cord compression: a literature review.

Background: metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) is an oncology emergency. Prevalence is increasing. Treatment and care are complex and those diagnosed may be faced with life-changing challenges.

Mutual suffering: a nurse's story of caring for the living as they are dying.

The aim of this study was to uncover the meaning of the lived experience of mutual suffering in relation to the care of a dying patient. The study took place within an acute medical ward in a district general hospital on the south coast of England as part of a reflective practice development programme. Parse's human becoming theory provided a framework for the study and Parse's research methodology was adopted.

The management of breathlessness in palliative care.

Breathlessness poses a significant problem in cancer care. Tanya Andrewes provides an overview of this symptom and discusses strategies for management.