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ReviewJMIR cancer2021

Nursing Student Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Patients With Cancer After Education and Mentoring: Integrative Review.

Margot Lisa Hedenstrom, Sweta Sneha, Anusha Nalla, Barbara Wilson

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Review in JMIR cancer, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Margot Lisa HedenstromWellstar School of Nursing, Wellstar College of Health Sciences, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6202-7458
Sweta SnehaInformation Systems, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7892-5236
Anusha NallaInformation Systems, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8333-8247
Barbara WilsonWellstar Cancer Network, Wellstar Health System, Marietta, GA, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5533-1603

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundKnowledge about nursing student attitudes toward patients with cancer after an educational intervention and mentoring support is limited. This review examined the literature on this topic.

objectiveThis integrative review aims to explore the literature on the experiences of students who participate in an oncology elective or educational course on cancer and their attitudes toward cancer.

methodsA comprehensive search was conducted using PubMed, CINAHL, and MEDLINE databases. Each study was systematically assessed. An evidence table was completed to identify the key aspects of each study that was reviewed.

resultsThere is insufficient information on the impact of nursing student education on the attitudes and skills of nursing students caring for patients with cancer. An integrative review was completed on the impact of education and mentoring for nursing students on cancer care, which yielded 10 studies that were reviewed. These studies indicate that educational intervention and mentoring improve the confidence and ability of nursing students to care for patients with cancer.

conclusionsStudent nurses need to be armed with knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes while caring for patients with cancer. Nursing students perform best when they have accurate information, positive role models, and mentoring by experienced oncology professionals, to support proficiency in caring for patients with cancer. The lack of knowledge of nursing students in the areas of cancer care, treatment, and patient support requires additional education and research to promote expertise and positive attitudes toward cancer and treating patients with cancer. This will support nursing students' ability to care for patients with cancer as well as develop future educational interventions to shape nursing student attitude and knowledge. This integrative review also identifies the positive impact on the attitudes of other health care professionals who have received training or education on cancer.

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attitudescancercancer patientscontinuing educationhealth care professionalsmentoringnursenursingnursing studentsoncologypatient support

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PMID34559056
PMCPMC8501403

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