Abstract

Cancer disease, treatment, and errors in health care put patients at increased risk for poor outcomes. To improve outcomes and protect patients, researchers recommend increased vigilance; yet, research on vigilance in health care is minimal. There are even fewer studies on patients, family members, and nurses' experiences of vigilance, although such studies could contribute to understanding mechanisms that foster vigilance within and across groups.

The purpose of this study was twofold: Aim 1 was to describe the experiences of vigilance as perceived at the individual levels of patients receiving treatment for cancer, family members of a patient with cancer, and oncology nurses. Aim 2 was to evaluate commonalities in the lived experience of vigilance as described by patients receiving treatment for cancer, one of their family members, and a nurse caring for them.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3342192; ProQuest document ID: 287980147. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Wendy C. Kooken, PhD, RN

Sigma Membership

Theta Pi

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Cancer Patients, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Patient's Families, Nursing Experiences

Advisor

Joan E. Haase

Second Advisor

Janet Carpenter

Third Advisor

Patricia R. Ebright

Fourth Advisor

Rangaraj Ramanujam

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Indiana University

Degree Year

2008

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-12-14

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