Susan Mazanec on Activation for Health Management
April 28th 2015Susan R. Mazanec, PhD, RN, AOCN, Research Assistant Professor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, discusses a study that examined activation for health management in colorectal cancer patients and their family caregivers during the transition to post-treatment survivorship.
Empowering Patients Along Their Cancer Journey
August 20th 2014Many studies are currently assessing the role of patient navigation in achieving both quantitative and qualitative improvements in cancer care, and metrics have been developed to capture demonstrable evidence for this relatively new subspecialty of oncology nursing practice. Yet amidst all this fact-finding lives an individual patient with cancer.
Supporting the Support System- Meeting the Needs of Family Caregivers
February 27th 2014Laurel Northouse's interest in supporting the family caregivers of patients with cancer began nearly four decades ago when the young BSN graduate became a caregiver herself at the age of 27, following her husband's diagnosis of Stage IV Hodgkin's Disease