Exercise and Hospitalized Leukemia Patients

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

Document Type Poster

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.