Episode 166: Cognitive Behavioral Interventions Help Patients With a Spectrum of Cancer Symptoms

<p><span class="TextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">ONS member Ellyn Matthews, PhD, RN, AOCNS^®, CBSM, FAAN, professor at Regis University School of Nursing in Denver and member of the High Plains ONS Chapter, joins Stephanie Jardine, BSN, RN, oncology clinical specialist at ONS, to discuss cognitive behavioral interventions</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">,</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0"> how they can help patients with cancer</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">, and why oncology nurses are ideally positioned to</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">deliver them.</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0" lang= "EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">Ellyn and her colleagues have evaluated cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in rural breast cancer survivors, delivered both in</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0"> </span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">person and via </span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">tele</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">health</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">. Her team published the study </span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">findings</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0"> in the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">Oncology Nursing Forum</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0" lang= "EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW130597679 BCX0">, which we’ve linked