C 08 Quality of Life Related to Cancer Care

Sunday, 30 October 2011: 2:45 PM-4:00 PM
Moderator:  Elizabeth J. Diener, RN, PhD, CPNP, Kramer School of Nursing, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City University, OK
Effects of Health Promotion Intervention for Cancer Survivors

Martha Meraviglia, RN, ACNS-BC, PhD
Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Alexa Stuifbergen, PhD, RN, FAAN
School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Dawn Parsons, RN, BSN
Cancer Care Team, Seton Family of Hospitals, Austin, TX



Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of an Intervention for Caregivers of Newly Admitted Hospice Patients

Kathryn B. Lindstrom, PhD, FNP-BC, ACHPN
School of Nursing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FAAN
College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH



FitSteps for Life: Improving QOL for Persons with Cancer through a Community-Based Exercise Program

Barbara K. Haas, PhD, RN
College of Nursing and Health Sciences, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX
Gary Kimmel, MD
Cancer Foundation for Life, Cancer Foundation for Life, Tyler, TX