Cancer

Community Nursing

When I was a nursing student in Queensborough Community College, we had a class about community nursing. I was not that excited about being a community nurse at that moment. However, I started my first job as a RN in a primary care physician’s office. This was the time I changed my mind.

The major part of the job in a PCP’s office was to assess the patients’ health condition and education. And I believe those are the major work of being a community nurse. I am currently working as a UAS nurse which is completely working in the community. As a UAS nurse, I go to client’s house or apartment to assess their abilities of ADL and IADL’s. Based on their functional level and family supports, I am able to count how many home care services and social day care services they need to keep them safe in the community which is the goal of community nursing.

Discussion:Cancer Community Nursing

Discussion:Cancer Community Nursing

In the one year’s experience in the community, I realize there are lots of middle-aged adults and elderly suffering from chronic pain. They may have intervertebral disk disorder, osteoporosis, arthritis, neurological disorders or pain due to cancer. They could get pain killers from the doctors, but the medications may not control their pain adequately. In additional, most Chinese do not like to take pain medications because they would rather bear the pain than getting addicted to the meds. I would like to do the research about the nursing intervention related to chronic pain. I could use the result from evidence-based studies in my work to convince people who have chronic pain to try certain interventions to help relief their pain. And also, with more percentage of elderly in the future, I believe chronic pain is and will be a bigger health concern for most aging population. I could use the research to educate and also pass the message to other health care workers who may need it.

6-8 page paper (excluding cover and reference pages)
review and compare FIVE (5) research studies in nursing/health care related to an area of interest. At least THREE of the FIVE research study articles MUST BE written by nurses and published in a peer-reviewed nursing journal. DO NOT USE A MEDICAL JOURNAL, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OR A NON-PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL.

• Introduction
Mention topic of choice (do not list the titles of the articles selected, but succinctly report general topics). Discuss your rationale for selecting your topic and articles. (1 paragraph)

• Critical thinking
Clearly define the global health problem, and discuss why it is important for nursing. Include an Appraisal Synopsis for each of the research studies that you have selected on your topic. This part of the paper will inform the reader about what is known about this problem in the United States population and in at least one other country of the world. For example, in the topic of hypertension, you may choose five research study articles done by nurse researchers that looked at such issues as interventions to improve medication adherence, or adherence to a prescribed diet, or the effect of an exercise intervention in reducing elevated blood pressure.
Discuss how the articles: a) stimulated your critical thinking; and b) provided you with new learning (knowledge, skills, and awareness). Use specific examples and citations from the article. (3-4 pages)

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Introduction

The topic of interest is cancer. The peer-reviewed articles were chosen based on escalating cancer-related problems in the society. According to a global survey, cancer has been on the rise in the past years such as breast cancer that occurs before the age of 50, thus creating the assertion of being a burden on the society. Despite this, interventions have been adopted by the nursing community to modify the distressing symptoms associated with cancer patients such as pain. Often, moderate to severe pain has been prevalent amongst cancer patients causing adverse effects and the difficulty in managing the condition. However, massage therapy…

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Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
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One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
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I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
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