Exercise and Hospitalized Leukemia Patients

Authors

Anne Delengowski, RN, MSN, AOCN, Department of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Justine O'Connor, RN, MSN, OCN, Department of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Megan Stinsman, RN, BSN, OCN, Department of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Kate McHenry, RN, BSN, OCN, Department of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Kaitlin Mostak, RN, BSN, Department of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
JoAnn Silcox, RN, MSN, Department of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Colleen Sweeney, RN, Department of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Christine Muldoon, RN, BSN, OCN, Department of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Lauren Gilbride, RN, BSN, Department of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow

Document Type

Poster

Publication Date

9-29-2015

Comments

Poster presented at: 4th Annual HUP Nursing Research Conference at University of Penn.

Abstract

Objective:

The purpose of this study was to determine if patients in a structured, monitored walking program experienced less symptom distress than patients receiving the usual standard of care during induction chemotherapy.

Recommended Citation

Delengowski, RN, MSN, AOCN, Anne; O'Connor, RN, MSN, OCN, Justine; Stinsman, RN, BSN, OCN, Megan; McHenry, RN, BSN, OCN, Kate; Mostak, RN, BSN, Kaitlin; Silcox, RN, MSN, JoAnn; Sweeney, RN, Colleen; Muldoon, RN, BSN, OCN, Christine; and Gilbride, RN, BSN, Lauren, "Exercise and Hospitalized Leukemia Patients" (2015). Department of Nursing papers and presentations. Paper 16.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/dnpp/16