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This article introduced the background, significance, working mode, talent training, qualification certification and clinical practice of oncology genetic nurses, providing the analysis of oncology genetic nurse development opportunities and challenges in our country. Proposals were put forward that China should draw lessons from successful experience of the development of oncology genetic nurses, strengthen the genetic nursing ability of nurses, establish oncology genetic nurse training mode, improve the post-setting and operation mechanism to meet the needs of hereditary oncology nursing management.
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Objective To describe the characteristics of nursing competence and self efficacy of new nurses in a tumor hospital and to explore the correlative relationship between them. Methods By convenience sampling method, a total of 303 new nurses who were employed in 2013 to 2015 from a tumor hospital were recruited in the study. A self-designed demographic questionnaire, the nursing competence scale (NCS) and the general self-efficacy scale (GSES) were used. Results The average score of nursing competence of new nurses was (83.80 ± 10.35) points. Among the six dimensions of nursing competence, the interpersonal relation competence had the highest score of (86.74 ± 10.55) points, while the nursing process applying competence had the lowest score of (81.41 ± 11.02) points. The level of nursing competence and each dimensions were positively related with self-efficacy (r=0.443-0.557, P<0.01). Conclusions The level of nursing competence of new nurses in a tumor hospital is good, but the nursing process applying competence, critical patient care competence and the health education competence were still insufficient, so it is necessary to take corresponding measures to improve the overall quality of new nurses. Self efficacy can effectively predict the nursing competence of new nurses. The hospital can improve the nursing competence by intervene the self efficacy of new nurses, in order to improve the clinical nursing quality and promote the development of nursing.
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Objective To describe the characteristics of nursing competence and self efficacy of new nurses in a tumor hospital and to explore the correlative relationship between them. Methods By convenience sampling method, a total of 303 new nurses who were employed in 2013 to 2015 from a tumor hospital were recruited in the study. A self-designed demographic questionnaire, the nursing competence scale (NCS) and the general self-efficacy scale (GSES) were used. Results The average score of nursing competence of new nurses was (83.80 ± 10.35) points. Among the six dimensions of nursing competence, the interpersonal relation competence had the highest score of (86.74 ± 10.55) points, while the nursing process applying competence had the lowest score of (81.41 ± 11.02) points. The level of nursing competence and each dimensions were positively related with self-efficacy (r=0.443-0.557, P<0.01). Conclusions The level of nursing competence of new nurses in a tumor hospital is good, but the nursing process applying competence, critical patient care competence and the health education competence were still insufficient, so it is necessary to take corresponding measures to improve the overall quality of new nurses. Self efficacy can effectively predict the nursing competence of new nurses. The hospital can improve the nursing competence by intervene the self efficacy of new nurses, in order to improve the clinical nursing quality and promote the development of nursing.
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Objective To describe the quality of life and symptom distress in esophageal cancer patients undergoing postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy,and explore the influence of symptom distress on quality of life.Methods The Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-General (FACT-G),M.D.Anderson Symptom Inventory (MDASI) and demographic questionnaire were used to measure eighty-four patients undergoing postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy.Results The total average score of quality of life in patients undergoing chemotherapy after radical esophagectomy was (65.95±13.76) points.There was a significanfly negative relationship between the symptom distress and the severity of symptom and quality of life.Analysis of multiple factors showed that education level and symptom distress were the included variables in the multiple regression equation of quality of life,and the R2 was 0.253.Conclusions Quality of life in esophageal cancer patients undergoing postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy is influenced by many factors.The nurses should take measures to manage the symptom of patients and improve the quality of life of the patients.