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K F O'Connor

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PubMed1996

Ethical/moral experiences of oncology nurses.

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe the ethical/moral situations that oncology nurses report experiencing. DESIGN: Descriptive, exploratory, qualitative. SETTING: United States. SAMPLE: Seventy nurses selected randomly from the Oncology Nursing Society Membership Directory. METHODS: The participants responded in writing to the following question: Describe an oncology clinical situation in which you experienced ethical/moral questions. Share all the thoughts, perceptions, and feelings you can recall until you have no more to say about the situation. FINDINGS: Most of the experiences these oncology nurses reported reflected a care perspective; focused on the moral principles of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, fidelity, and truth telling; and revealed moral themes of suffering, secrets, and struggle. CONCLUSIONS: Oncology nurses in this study experienced ethical/moral situations related to a care perspective rather than a justice perspective, and this information provides a beginning oncology nursing ethics framework. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Oncology nursing preparation should include ethical content based on the actual experiences of oncology nurses.

Adult↗
PubMed1991

Carcinoma arising in an odontogenic keratocyst with orbital invasion.

A 54-year-old black female presented with proptosis and reduced visual acuity of the left eye. Computerized tomography (CT) revealed tumor involvement of the left cavernous sinus and posterior orbit. The patient had a nineteen year history of a left-sided jaw tumor which recurred despite surgical and radiation therapy. Biopsy demonstrated a parakeratinized odontogenic keratocyst with areas of transformation into an invasive squamous cell carcinoma. Although a parakeratinized odontogenic keratocyst may be locally invasive, to our knowledge, no case of a parakeratinized odontogenic keratocyst involving the orbit or cavernous sinus previously has been reported.

Carcinoma, Squamous Cell↗
PubMed1989

Pelvic actinomycosis associated with intrauterine devices.

The authors describe two women with pelvic pain, long-term use of an intrauterine device, and a pelvic mass due to Actinomyces israelii. The diagnostic imaging findings were nonspecific but included mass effect and mucosal irregularity of the rectosigmoid colon at barium enema examination and complex masses and inflammatory changes at computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Radiologists should be aware of the imaging findings of this potentially lethal but curable condition.

Actinomycosis↗
PubMed1988

Scrotal cystocele diagnosed by computed tomography.

Computed tomographic scans of the pelvis that demonstrate anterolateral "pointing" of the urinary bladder suggest the possibility of inguinoscrotal herniation (scrotal "cystocele"), a rare but clinically relevant condition if it is not recognized preoperatively.

Hernia, Inguinal↗