title: Children's Oncology Group nursing research framework.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the development and application of an organizing research framework to guide Children's Oncology Group (COG) nursing research.
  
  
  METHODS
  Research articles, reports and meeting minutes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An organizing research framework helps to outline research focus and articulate the scientific knowledge being produced by nurses in the pediatric cooperative group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of a COG nursing research organizing framework can facilitate the clinical nurse's understanding of how children and families sustain or regain optimal health when faced with a pediatric cancer diagnosis through interventions designed to promote individual and family resilience.
authors.forename: Katherine P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Mary C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Hooke
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ruccione
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Landier
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haase
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Childhood cancer; clinical trial; cooperative group; nursing research; pediatric oncology nursing; resilience; theoretical framework