Sabrina Mikan on the Importance of Measuring Sleep
Sabrina Mikan, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, of Texas Oncology discusses the importance of measuring the sleep quality of patients and caregivers.
Sabrina Mikan, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, of Texas Oncology discusses the importance of measuring the sleep quality of patients and caregivers.
To comply with the Oncology Care Model (OCM), providers must measure the distress of their patients with cancer. Research evaluating distress measurement tools found the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) to be the easiest and most objective tool for measuring distress. Mikan explains that, through work with Dr. Patricia Carter, she understands the integral part that sleep plays in a patient’s distress. Therefore, Mikan and Carter set out to evaluate patients’ sleep through the ESAS to discover what patients are currently saying about their sleep. From there, they hope to create information on sleep to give to patients.
Oncology Nurses Provide Patients an Avenue to Supportive Care
November 12th 2019Palliative care is often associated with a patient entering end of life treatment and giving up on their treatment, but that isn't the reality of what id can do for patients. And oncology nurses can help guide patients to the right supportive care for them.
Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer
March 23rd 2016Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.
