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BACKGROUND: Changes in cancer and end-of-life care require frequent assessment of educational needs of nurses. METHODS: The Nurse Oncology Education Program surveyed a random sample of Texas registered nurses about their continuing education practices, level of knowledge, and educational needs. RESULTS: The 352 nurses responding to the survey primarily obtained continuing education from workshops, inservice education, and independent studies citing cost, location, content, and length of course as influencing factors. Their cancer educational needs included clinical trials, genetics, complementary therapies, and pain management. Nurses' perceptions of end-of-life needs were for physical needs, "what to expect" concerns, and transition to palliative care. CONCLUSION: These findings provide specific direction for future continuing education programs about cancer and end-of-life issues for nurses.
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Educación Continua en Enfermería , Personal de Enfermería/educación , Enfermería Oncológica/educación , Cuidados Paliativos , Cuidado Terminal , Humanos , Evaluación de Necesidades , Análisis y Desempeño de Tareas , TexasRESUMEN
The Expect Respect Project, a violence prevention program, was developed to reduce the incidence of bullying and sexual harassment by creating a positive school climate in which inappropriate behaviors are not tolerated and staff members respond consistently to incidents. The project implemented an educational intervention for students, parents, and staff members on expecting respect in student relationships and strategies for responding to inappropriate student behaviors. This article describes the educational intervention and evaluation of the project. Findings from the project showed a significant increase in awareness of bullying following the educational intervention. Bullying was reported to have occurred in areas with less adult supervision such as the playground, cafeteria, hallway, and buses. Students thought staff would respond to inappropriate behaviors by telling students to ignore verbal bullying or sexual harassment. In contrast, staff at the elementary schools thought adults would respond to inappropriate behaviors by telling the bully to stop, calling his or her parents, or giving a specific punishment.
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Agresión/psicología , Educación en Salud/métodos , Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud , Instituciones Académicas/organización & administración , Facilitación Social , Estudiantes/psicología , Adulto , Niño , Trastornos de la Conducta Infantil/prevención & control , Femenino , Humanos , Relaciones Interpersonales , Masculino , Grupo Paritario , Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud , Medio Social , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
The purpose of this study was to adapt an instrument to assess prayer activities, experiences, and attitudes for people with cancer. A cross-sectional correlational research design was used to study 32 adults (24 women and 8 men) at 3 urban oncology and 2 radiation clinics. The prayer scale was adapted for people with cancer by the author, reviewed by measurement and content experts, and tested by administration to 32 people with a variety of cancers. Expert review supported the content validity of the adapted instrument. Instrument subscales had acceptable reliability for internal consistency. The 3 prayer scale subscales were moderately correlated to perceived relationship with God. Results demonstrated that high scores on the frequency of prayer subscale were associated with low levels of education and functional status and high presence of metastasis at diagnosis. Reports of more prayer activity were related to low levels of functional status. Additionally, those reporting low levels of physical health status had more prayer experiences. The prayer scale is a sensitive instrument for assessing prayer activities, experiences, and attitudes of people with cancer. Prayer is a valuable internal resource, which can lessen the effect of cancer.