title: Exercise and the breast cancer survivor: the role of the nurse practitioner.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with cancer are living longer with their disease and have improved survival rates because of early detection and more effective cancer treatments. Lifestyle modification and exercise improve clinical outcomes in breast cancer survivors.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Exercise has important implications for the survivor and should be integrated into the aftercare trajectory of survivorship.
  
  
  METHODS
  A literature review of articles published from 2002-2014 was conducted using the key words cancer survivor, survivorship, breast cancer, collaboration, and exercise. PubMed, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and CINAHL® databases were searched.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nurse practitioners can build an environment to motivate patients to exercise, empowering them to be active participants in their own survivorship care. Collaboration is necessary to ensure that healthy lifestyle choices, including exercise, are being discussed and implemented in survivorship care plans to help optimize patient outcomes.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hall-Alston
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D017741:Survivors
keywords: cancer survivor; collaboration; exercise; survivorship