Oncology Nurses' Communication Practices and Challenges Towards Advance Care Planning: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed-Method Study.

Aims: This study aims to explore the practice of advance care planning (ACP) among Chinese oncology nurses and identify challenges influencing care provision.

Design: A sequential explanatory mixed-method design was employed, comprising a quantitative phase to assess communication practices, followed by a qualitative phase to explore the challenges faced in ACP.

Methods: The study employed convenience sampling, including 532 oncology nurses from seven hospitals in northern China.

"Why wouldn't we want to do this?" The challenge for oncology hospital nurses to engage in serious illness conversation and advance care planning.

Background: The viability of advance care planning (ACP) in cultures where discussing future desires is taboo is unclear, it is essential to examine the challenges faced by Chinese nurses lacking legal protection for ACP.

Aims: To comprehend Chinese oncology nurses' perceptions of serious illness conversation and ACP, and identify barriers to engagement.

Methods: A qualitative descriptive exploratory study involving semi-structured interviews with 13 experienced oncology nurses, analyzed using thematic analysis and critical incident technique, following the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) guidelines.

Oncology nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviours towards advance care planning: A nationwide cross-sectional study.

Background: With the increasing cancer prevalence in China, discussions surrounding end-of-life care have become more frequent within the purview of oncology nursing. Nonetheless, limited research has explored the current state of Advance Care Planning (ACP) among oncology nurses in China. Hence, it is essential to comprehensively assesses oncology nurses' ACP knowledge, attitudes, and practice behaviours, addressing existing literature gaps and revealing China's oncology nursing ACP status.

Psychometric Properties of the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Behavior of Oncology Nurses on Advance Care Planning Instrument.

Objective: Advance care planning has been practiced in Western countries for several years, but non-Western cultures face challenges in implementation. This study was dedicated to translating the instrument measure into Chinese, examining its psychometric qualities and exploring the relationships among knowledge, attitudes, and practicing behaviors in advance care planning among oncology nurses in China.

Data Sources: The research adopted a cross-sectional design from September 3 to October 5, 2021.

Experiences of breast cancer survivors with lymphedema self-management: a systematic review of qualitative studies.

Purpose: This study systematically identified, evaluated, and synthesized qualitative literature on the experiences of breast cancer survivors with lymphedema self-management.

Methods: This systematic review followed the Joanna Briggs Institute meta-aggregation approach and was guided by the ENTREQ, graded according to the ConQual approach, and evaluated using the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument (JBI-QARI). Qualitative studies related to the experiences in lymphedema self-management among breast cancer survivors conducted until March 9, 2022, were searched.

The Chinese Version of Rochester Participatory Decision-Making Scale (RPAD): Reliability and Validity.

Aim: This study aims to translate the Rochester Participatory Decision-Making Scale (RPAD) into the Chinese language and to test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the scale in the gynecological clinic.

Methods: After obtaining the permission of the original author, the Brislin translation model was used to forward-translation and back-translation. Then, an expert group was set up to discuss this scale and result in cross-cultural adaptation.

Validation of the Chinese version of chemotherapy-induced Taste Alteration Scale among patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy.

Purpose: To validate the Chinese version of the Chemotherapy-induced Taste Alteration Scale (CiTAS) among patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) undergoing radiotherapy (RT).

Methods: Patients with HNC undergoing RT were enrolled from a cancer hospital. Data were collected by face-to-face interview.

Body composition and dietary intake in patients with head and neck cancer during radiotherapy: a longitudinal study.

Objectives: To investigate the body composition and dietary intake in the patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) during radiotherapy (RT), and explore the relationship between them.

Methods: This was a prospective, longitudinal observational study. Adult patients with HNC undergoing RT between March 2017 and August 2018 were recruited.

Swallowing functional outcomes and nutritional status in head and neck cancer radiotherapy: longitudinal study.

Objective: To explore the relationships between swallowing functional outcomes and nutritional status in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy (RT).

Methods: This longitudinal study included 122 patients. Data were collected at three time points: baseline (T), the third week of RT (T) and the completion of RT (T).

Nanofiber containing carbon nanotubes enhanced PC12 cell proliferation and neuritogenesis by electrical stimulation.

The nervous system is an important regulator of the human body because it adapts our responses to the external environment and provides people the ability of thought, memory, and emotion. PC12 is a cell line that is commonly used to study the behavior of neural differentiation. PC12 cells further differentiate into nerve cells when stimulated by nerve growth factor (NGF), which have neurite, dendrite, and axon, and form synapses with neighboring cells to build neural networks.

Enteric dysbiosis promotes antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection: systemic dissemination of resistant and commensal bacteria through epithelial transcytosis.

Antibiotic usage promotes intestinal colonization of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. However, whether resistant bacteria gain dominance in enteric microflora or disseminate to extraintestinal viscera remains unclear. Our aim was to investigate temporal diversity changes in microbiota and transepithelial routes of bacterial translocation after antibiotic-resistant enterobacterial colonization.

Effect of chitosan conduit under a dynamic culture on the proliferation and neural differentiation of human exfoliated deciduous teeth stem cells.

Ex vivo engineering of artificial nerve conduit is a suitable alternative clinical treatment for nerve injuries. Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHEDs) have been considered as alternative sources of adult stem cells because of their potential to differentiate into multiple cell lineages. These cells, when cultured in six-well plates, exhibited a spindle fibroblastic morphology, whereas those under a dynamic culture aggregated into neurosphere-like clusters in the chitosan conduit.