From the Graduate Institute of Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Nursing, National Taipei College of Nursing, Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC (Dr Yeh); Nursing Department, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC (Ms Lee); Department of Applied Mathematics, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, ROC (Dr Chen); and Hematology/Oncology Division, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC (Dr Chao).
This study was sponsored by a grant of the Research Foundation of Tri-Service General Hospital (TSGH-C39-69).
Corresponding author: Tsoy-Ing Lee, BSN, MSN, RN, Deputy Director of Nursing, Department of Tri-Service General Hospital, 325, Sec.2, Chenggong Road, Neihu 114, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 02-87923311 ext 17360 ([email protected]; [email protected])
Accepted for publication September 28, 2005.