@article{6fd34b4bb9394fd991d0b1b06eee432c,
title = "Communication training: Needs among oncology nurses across the cancer continuum",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Oncology nurses are responsible for communication-aimed prognosis, patient education about cancer care and treatment, survivorship, and care coordination. Communication difficulties and uncomfortable communication topics put nurses at risk for compassion fatigue. OBJECTIVES: Supporting nurse communication skills requires institutional policies and structures to foster patient-centered communication. This study reports on communication training needs for oncology nurses to inform future development of communication curricula and institutional training. METHODS: A national survey of oncology nurse teams (N = 355) attending one of four communication training courses was used. Surveys were used to evaluate institutions{\textquoteright} current patientcentered communication practices and to ascertain institutional communication training needs. FINDINGS: Nurses{\textquoteright} role in communicating prognosis remains unclear, and training is needed for discussing survivorship. Curriculum development should be congruent with institutionally defined roles for nurse communication.",
keywords = "Communication education/training, Nursing, Oncology, Patient-centered care",
author = "Elaine Wittenberg and Joy Goldsmith and Haley Buller and Ragan, {Sandra L.} and Betty Ferrell",
note = "Funding Information: Elaine Wittenberg, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at California State University in Los Angeles; Joy Goldsmith, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Memphis in Tennessee; Haley Buller, MSHSC, is a research supervisor at the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, CA; Sandra L. Ragan, PhD, is a professor emerita in the Department of Communication at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; and Betty Ferrell, PhD, RN, MA, FAAN, FPCN, CHPN, is a professor and division chair of nursing research and education at City of Hope Medical Center. Wittenberg can be reached at elaine.wittenberg2@calstatela.edu, with copy to CJONEditor@ons .org. (Submitted June 2018. Accepted September 5, 2018.) The authors take full responsibility for this content. This work was supported, in part, by a grant (award number: R25CA174627) from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The article has been reviewed by independent peer reviewers to ensure that it is objective and free from bias. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 by the Oncology Nursing Society.",
year = "2019",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1188/19.CJON.82-91",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "23",
pages = "82--91",
journal = "Clinical journal of oncology nursing",
issn = "1092-1095",
publisher = "Oncology Nursing Society",
number = "1",
}