dc.contributor.author | Baumgardner, Kaitlyn | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.description | Approved May 2020 by the faculty of UMKC in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice | |
dc.description.abstract | According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 1.7 million new cancer cases were
diagnosed in 2018. With a new diagnosis of cancer, patient education can be used to decrease
anxiety about the diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment plan; the individual is a novice to the
experience, thus necessitating education. The purpose of this evidence-based practice quality
improvement initiative was based on the inquiry, in adult oncology patients who are scheduled
for first-time chemotherapy, does an educational meeting with a nurse practitioner before
chemotherapy decrease the stress level? A quasi-experimental design, single group with a pre-
and post-evaluation used the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Distress Monitoring Tool
to evaluate level of stress. The intervention included an educational meeting with the nurse
practitioner to discuss general side effects of chemotherapy and the specific treatment plan for
each patient. Participants’ distress level decreased from the pre-test mean score of 4.21 to the
post-test mean score of 3.17 (p= 0.002), thus suggesting it was a successful intervention. The
impact on healthcare, specifically oncology patients, is to reduce feelings of distress related to
their first-time receiving chemotherapy. | eng |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10355/73321 | |
dc.publisher | University of Missouri -- Kansas City | eng |
dc.rights | Open Access (fully available) | |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright retained by author | |
dc.subject | oncology | |
dc.subject | cancer | |
dc.subject | education | |
dc.subject | distress | |
dc.subject | anxiety | |
dc.title | Oncology Patient Education by a Nurse Practitioner and Stress Reduction | eng |
dc.type | Paper | eng |
thesis.degree.discipline | Nursing (UMKC) | |
thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Kansas City | |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
thesis.degree.name | D.N.P. | |