Patient Stories: An Innovative Direction for Nurses Providing Support to Hematology Patients in Rural Areas.

CONCLUSION: Most participants believed that a "Patient Stories" DVD would be a beneficial and effective way for nurses delivering psychosocial support to hematology patients. Such benefits included a sense of normalization from hearing similar stories and providing convenient support that did not require travel or potentially uncomfortable social situations. However, some participants did not show interest in the idea for reasons such as already having a local support system and not wanting to watch potentially frightening stories. PMID: 24404922 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Rural Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Tags: Nurs Forum Source Type: research