Interdisciplinary Training of Nurse Scientists in Cancer Survivorship Research

癌症生存研究中护士科学家的跨学科培训

• 批准号: 8051811
• 负责人: CATHERINE M. BENDER
• 金额: $ 32.76万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8051811
• 关键词: Cancer Survivorship; Nurses; Research; Scientist; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cancer survivorship begins at the time of a cancer diagnosis and extends through the balance of an individual's life. The number of cancer survivors in the U.S. has tripled in the past 30 years and is expected to increase by 2% annually. Cancer survivors and their families face ongoing physical, psychological and social challenges as a result of their diagnosis and treatment. The discipline of nursing brings a holistic, patient-centered approach to research and clinical practice that focuses on patients' responses to disease and treatment rather than on the disease itself. Because of this approach, nursing is the ideal discipline to prepare researchers to advance the science to prevent, assess and intervene to reduce the negative physical, psychological and social responses to cancer and cancer treatment. However, the number of nurse scientists in the field remains small. Few schools of nursing in the U.S. have the cadre of oncology faculty that exists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. Our oncology faculty possess the research and mentoring experience to prepare nurse scientists to launch productive independent research careers in cancer survivorship. Our faculty conducts multidisciplinary, multi-site research with survivors with a range of cancer diagnoses and their family caregivers, in underrepresented populations, across all phases of the survivorship trajectory. The goal of this T-32 is to develop nurse scientists to lead independent programs of research in cancer survivorship that 1) evaluates physical, psychological and social responses to cancer and cancer therapy over time including the biologic basis for these responses, precipitating/enhancing factors and effects of these responses and 2) develops interventions that prevent and manage negative responses to cancer and cancer treatment, which will ultimately improve quality of life. We will prepare nurse scientists to conduct independent research studies with multidisciplinary teams of investigators from nursing, medicine, psychology, psychiatry, genetics and others. Preparing oncology nurse scientists to conduct theory-guided research at all phases of survivorship will provide the basis for improving the quality of survivorship for patients with cancer and their families. RELEVANCE: The number of cancer survivors in the U.S. has tripled in the past 30 years and is expected to increase by about 2% annually. Cancer survivors and their families face ongoing physical, psychological and social challenges as a result of their diagnosis and treatment. This T32 will prepare oncology nurse scientists to conduct research that will improve the quality of survivorship for patients with cancer and their families.

描述（由申请人提供）：癌症生存期从癌症诊断时开始，并贯穿个人一生。过去 30 年来，美国癌症幸存者数量增加了两倍，预计每年增加 2%。癌症幸存者及其家人因诊断和治疗而面临持续的身体、心理和社会挑战。护理学科为研究和临床实践带来了一种以患者为中心的整体方法，重点关注患者对疾病和治疗的反应，而不是疾病本身。由于这种方法，护理是一门理想的学科，可以帮助研究人员推进预防、评估和干预的科学，以减少对癌症和癌症治疗的负面身体、心理和社会反应。然而，该领域的护士科学家数量仍然很少。在美国，很少有护理学院拥有匹兹堡大学护理学院这样的肿瘤学教师骨干队伍。我们的肿瘤学教师拥有研究和指导经验，可以帮助护士科学家在癌症生存方面开展富有成效的独立研究生涯。我们的教师在代表性不足的人群中，针对幸存者轨迹的所有阶段，对患有一系列癌症诊断的幸存者及其家庭照顾者进行多学科、多地点的研究。该 T-32 的目标是培养护士科学家来领导癌症生存方面的独立研究项目，1) 评估随着时间的推移对癌症和癌症治疗的身体、心理和社会反应，包括这些反应的生物学基础、促发/增强因素以及这些反应的影响；2) 制定干预措施，预防和管理对癌症和癌症治疗的负面反应，最终提高生活质量。我们将培养护士科学家，与来自护理、医学、心理学、精神病学、遗传学等领域的多学科研究人员团队进行独立研究。让肿瘤科护士科学家做好在生存的各个阶段进行理论指导的研究的准备，将为提高癌症患者及其家人的生存质量奠定基础。 相关性：过去 30 年来，美国癌症幸存者数量增加了两倍，预计每年增加约 2%。癌症幸存者及其家人因诊断和治疗而面临持续的身体、心理和社会挑战。该 T32 将为肿瘤科护士科学家做好准备，开展研究，提高癌症患者及其家人的生存质量。