New Insights on the Emotional Response of Cancer Patients and their Spouses: Where do they Find Help?

1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loren J. Humphrey
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Emotional Response ◽  
Church Attendance ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Whole Person

Reports the results of a questionnaire survey designed to discover relationships of the emotional responses of cancer patients and their spouses to variables of age, gender, and church attendance. Claims that contemporary high-tech health care developments tend toward a process of despiritualization, and that one-on-one spiritual relationships seldom occur with physicians, nurses, or pastors. Notes that pastors need to assume a greater role as spiritual leaders, encouraging all members of the health care team to contribute to healing the whole person.

scholarly journals Significance of the chaplain within the mental health care team

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 190-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna H. Rattray
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Psychiatric Care ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
Patients Experience

In psychiatric care, where patients experience a wide range of difficulties – emotional, physical, mental, social and spiritual – care must be given to the patient as a whole person. This article is about the significance of the presence of the chaplain within the mental health care team as it seeks to offer this holistic care.

Provision of smartphones in a symptom monitoring program of gynecologic and breast cancer patients during active therapy.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (29_suppl) ◽  
pp. 255-255
Author(s):  
Michelle Joy Naughton ◽  
Jennifer Moon ◽  
Hibaq Loyan ◽  
Juan Peng ◽  
Cecilia DeGraffinreid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Active Treatment ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Symptom Monitoring ◽  
Program Staff ◽  
Phone Service

255 Background: With advances in technology, smartphones are being used for multiple research and clinical care functions. However, not all patients have these devices, leading to disparities in participation. We report on a quality improvement program that provided smartphones to patients without these devices. Methods: Gynecologic (n = 120) and breast (n = 193) cancer patients under active treatment were enrolled in a 12-month text-based symptom monitoring program to facilitate communication and optimize patient management. Patients without a smartphone were provided with an iPhone through a partnership with a U.S. wireless company. The company provided smartphone devices at zero cost, and program funds paid for 12 months of phone service. Program staff helped patients set up the iPhones, and provided basic education and ongoing phone support. After 12 months, patients were able to keep their iPhones, but had to secure their own phone plan for calling and texting functions. Results: iPhones were provided to 42 (13.4%) patients across all cancer types. Patients who received iPhones, compared with those who had a smartphone, had incomes below $50,000/year (p = 0.03) and an educational level of < high school (p < 0.0001). Program staff had few difficulties training patients to operate the phones or in patients’ adherence to symptom monitoring after receiving the iPhones. Phone service charges averaged $40 per month or $500 per person for 12 months. Greater than 90% of patients believed the phones enabled them to better communicate with their health care team and family/support networks, and 95% believed the phones had a positive impact on their life. However, only 70% planned on getting a phone service plan at the end of the 12 months, due to cost or believing a smartphone was not a necessity. Conclusions: Providing smartphones to patients enabled them to better communicate with their health care team and families, and participate in remote symptom monitoring during active treatment. Programs such as these are needed to reduce disparities in patient care, and support quality improvement efforts using electronic devices.

scholarly journals SARS-CoV-2 and Hemodialysis: diffusion and mortality in patients and health care team. Reflections from the Lombardy experience

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-279
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Rombolà ◽  
◽  
Marco Heidempergher ◽  
Marina Cornacchiari ◽  
Ivano Baragetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Care Team

Empowering Nurses: Communicating Potential Medication Misuse

2021 ◽  
pp. 107839032110286
Author(s):  
Kelly A. Carlson ◽  
Corey E. Potter
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Interdisciplinary Communication ◽  
Health Care Team ◽  
Nursing Leadership ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Prescription Medications ◽  
Medication Misuse ◽  
Education Practice

BACKGROUND In nursing education and practice, we prepare nurses on topics such as patient care, pathophysiology, pharmacology, nursing leadership, and nursing competencies. Unfortunately, we may be missing the mark when it comes to integrating these topics and applying them to situations that arise in health care such as medication misuse. Nurses work intimately with patients and can recognize potential medication misuse by reviewing medication regimens and assessing necessity of PRN patient requests. In cases where nurses suspect misuse, they may or may not feel comfortable addressing these concerns with other members of the health care team. AIMS Study aims were to assess the baseline of whether nurses are comfortable with their level of skill to recognize potential patient medication misuse and to assess nurses’ comfortability with communicating these concerns with other nurses, providers, and patients. METHODS This survey study was designed to obtain practical information about nurses understanding of misused and diverted prescription medications and level of comfort with expressing concerns about the use of central nervous system depressants to inform education, practice, and research. Three-hundred and fifty nurses at one hospital were invited to participate in an anonymous REDCap survey. RESULTS Thirty-five percent of the surveyed nurses returned the survey. Responding nurses were more comfortable sharing their own knowledge and the need for more education on the topic than they were discussing interdisciplinary communication. CONCLUSIONS Empowering nurses to communicate this knowledge with others on the health care team has major public health implications to reduce the negative outcomes of misused medications.

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