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Clinical Nurse Specialists Guide Staff Nurses to Promote Practice Accountability Through Peer Review by Semper, Julie, Halvorson, Betty, Hersh, Mary, Torres, Clare, Lillington, Linda

“…PURPOSE:The aim of the study was to describe the clinical nurse specialist role in developing and implementing a staff nurse education program to promote…”
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The Importance of Health Insurance as a Determinant of Cancer Screening: Evidence from the Women's Health Initiative by Hsia, Judith, Kemper, Elizabeth, Kiefe, Catarina, Zapka, Jane, Sofaer, Shoshanna, Pettinger, Mary, Bowen, Deborah, Limacher, Marian, Lillington, Linda, Mason, Ellen

“…Background. Amid current changes in health care access across the United States, the importance of health insurance status and insurance type relative to…”
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Barriers to tobacco cessation in clinical practice: Report from a national survey of oncology nurses by Sarna, Linda, Wewers, Mary Ellen, Brown, Jean K., Lillington, Linda, Brecht, Mary-Lynn

“…This study describes the survey results of a national random sample of members of the Oncology Nursing Society who reported the greatest number of barriers to…”
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34 Family Needs of Adult & Pediatric Burn Patients by Fox, Jasmine, Hsu-Chang, NaiWei, Shames, Stacey, Lillington, Linda

“…Abstract Introduction Family members play a significant role in recovery of the burn patient (Goyata & Rosi, 2009). A better understanding of their specific…”
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Geriatric Syndrome Screening by Rafters, Sherry L, Schleper, Joan, Lean, Nancy, Hwang, Michael, Rohra, Ashwin, Lillington, Linda

“…The NCCN (2020) specifies clinical practice guidelines that detail important considerations for older adults with cancer and emphasize the need for clinicians…”
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Is insurance a more important determinant of healthcare access than perceived health? Evidence from the Women's Health Initiative by Hsia, J, Kemper, E, Sofaer, S, Bowen, D, Kiefe, C I, Zapka, J, Mason, E, Lillington, L, Limacher, M

“…Our objectives were to explore health insurance status and insurance type, adjusted for self-reported and perceived health variables, as determinants of having…”
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Geriatric Syndrome Screening: Implementing an Evidence-Based Process in Hospitalized Older Adults With Cancer by Rafters, Sherry L, Schleper, Joan, Lean, Nancy, Hwang, Michael, Rohra, Ashwin, Lillington, Linda

“…Oncology nurses are in a key position to screen patients for geriatric syndromes that can disproportionately affect older adults with cancer. Early recognition…”
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Tobacco interventions by oncology nurses in clinical practice by Sarna, Linda P., Brown, Jean K., Lillington, Linda, Rose, Marilee, Wewers, Mary Ellen, Brecht, Mary‐Lynn

“…BACKGROUND Tobacco use is an important risk factor in cancer, cancer recurrence, and increased treatment morbidity, but limited information is available about…”
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Gender influence on weight‐loss pattern and survival of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma patients by Palomares, Melanie R., Sayre, James W., Shekar, Kota C., Lillington, Linda M., Chlebowski, Rowan T.

“…BACKGROUND Gender has recently emerged as a discriminating factor in nonsmall lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patient outcome. Since the potential for interaction among…”
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Improving practice one patient, one nurse, one day at a time: design and evaluation of a quality education workshop for oncology nurses by Lillington, Linda, Scaramuzzo, Leah, Friese, Christopher, Sein, Elaine, Harrison, Karen, Lefebvre, Kristine B, Fessele, Kristen

“…High-quality nursing care is not delivered consistently to the millions of Americans treated for invasive cancer in the United States. As part of its quality…”
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Development of a measure to delineate the clinical trials nursing role by Ehrenberger, Heidi E, Lillington, Linda

“…To identify the significant dimensions of the clinical trials nursing role and to construct a reliable and valid survey instrument to reflect these dimensions…”
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A needs assessment of oncology nurses' perceptions of National Cancer Institute-supported clinical trial networks by O'Mara, Ann, Bauer-Wu, Susan, Berry, Donna, Lillington, Linda

“…To describe oncology nurses' understandings of the function and infrastructure of, current level of participation in, and advantages and disadvantages to…”
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Tobacco: An Emerging Topic in Nursing Research by Sarna, Linda, Lillington, Linda

“…BACKGROUNDTobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Since the first Surgeon General’s Report in 1964 on the health risks of…”
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Sternal wound care to prevent infections in adult cardiac surgery patients by Stoodley, Lynda, Lillington, Linda, Ansryan, Lianna, Ota, Reiko, Caluya, Jun, Camello, Edwin, Huskins, Maria, Franco, Daniella, Silvino, Cherry Mae, Nwokafor, Ezioma, Van Zitter, Brandy, Olton, Maria, Howard, Linda, Bailey, Lorri, Mohler, Rhonda

“…Sternal wound infection post-cardiac surgery is a serious complication that can lead to increased length of stay, substantial financial impact, and increased…”
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Tobacco interventions by oncology nurses in clinical practice : Report from a national survey by SARNA, L. P, BROWN, J. K, LILLINGTON, L, ROSE, M, WEWERS, M. E, BRECHT, M.-L

“…Tobacco use is an important risk factor in cancer, cancer recurrence, and increased treatment morbidity, but limited information is available about…”
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AHCPR Smoking Cessation Guideline Goals and Impact: Examples from the Nursing Field by Lillington, Linda M.

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A decade of breast cancer clinical investigation: results as reported in the Program/Proceedings of the American Society of Clinical Oncology by Chlebowski, R T, Lillington, L M

“…To test the hypothesis that clinical research results have driven changes in recent breast cancer management recommendations. All breast cancer abstracts in…”
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Breast cancer chemoprevention. Tamoxifen: current issues and future prospective by Chlebowski, R T, Butler, J, Nelson, A, Lillington, L

“…Intervention clinical trials are under way to address whether tamoxifen can prevent breast cancer development. This effort is based on laboratory evidence that…”
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Recent implications of weight loss inlung cancer management by Chlebowski, Rowan T., Palomares, Melanie R., Lillington, Linda, Grosvenor, Mary

“…Successful lung cancer management has been hindered by the limited efficacy of dietary and pharmacologic interventions to prevent or reverse cancer-associated…”
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Recent implications of weight loss in lung cancer management by Chlebowski, Rowan T., Palomares, Melanie R., Lillington, Linda, Grosvenor, Mary

“…Successful lung cancer management has been hindered by the limited efficacy of dietary and pharmacologic interventions to prevent or reverse cancer-associated…”
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