Oncology Nursing and Shared Decision Making for Cancer Treatment
This study aimed to describe the contemporary role of the oncology nurse throughout the entire cancer shared decision-making (SDM) process. Study participants consisted of 30 nurses and nurse practitioners who are actively involved in direct care of patients with cancer in the inpatient or outpatient setting. The major themes that emerged from the content analysis are: oncology nurses have various roles at different time points and settings of cancer SDM processes; patient education, advocacy, and treatment side effects management are among the top nursing roles; oncology nurses value their participation in the cancer SDM process; oncology nurses believe they have a voice, but with various degrees of influence in actual treatment decisions; nurses' level of disease knowledge influences the degree of participation in cancer SDM; and the nursing role during cancer SDM can be complicated and requires flexibility. .
College of Science and Health at DePaul University.
Joseph D
0000-0002-4986-2627
JD
Tariman
Loyola University Medical Center.
Enisa
E
Mehmeti
Rush Oak Park Hospital.
Nadia
N
Spawn
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Sarah P
SP
McCarter
DePaul University.
Jessica
J
Bishop-Royse
Medical Affairs Company.
Ima
I
Garcia
Oncology Specialists, S.C.
Lisa
L
Hartle
Advocate Health Care.
Katharine
K
Szubski
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D010358:Patient Participation; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D024382:Professional Role
patient participation; professional nursing role; shared decision making; treatment decisions