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Identifying oncology caregivers' pretreatment educational and emotional needs to inform future virtual reality educational interventions Susan Birkhoff, Heidi Donovan, Young Ji Lee

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: Vol.54 (7) pages 51-56 Illustrations: 27 cmISSN:
  • 0360-4039
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  • Nursing 2024 July 2024
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Purpose: To identify oncology caregivers' unmet educational needs for the
development of a virtual reality experience.
Methods: A qualitative descriptive methodology was used; data were collected via online surveys.
Results: Eighteen participants said their educational experiences were overwhelming and emotionally exhausting. They suggested a need to deliver educational information through different modalities and provide more clinician-based resources and support.
Conclusion: This study identified opportunities to complement traditional pretreatment education tailored to the caregivers' needs and experiences, such as specific procedural information and emotional management while being a caregiver. Creating virtual reality experiences exclusively for oncology caregivers is a novel nurse-led approach that is currently not in existence.

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