School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina (Dr Chen); College of Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (Drs Petrinec, Stephenson, and Sheehan); and MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio (Ms Radziewicz).
Correspondence: Yea-Jyh Chen, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403 ([email protected]).
Kent State University College of Nursing faculty scholarship support for Dr Yea-Jyh Chen. The authors are grateful to the following individuals who provided their expertise and resources in support throughout the study: Michelle Bozeman, Becki Brown (Stewart's Caring Place), Vivian Liu and Dr Andrew Liu (South Point hospital pulmonary and critical care medicine outpatient clinic). We also thank Amy Gerber (AGMC), Jessica Sanata, Hossam Alhawatmeh for their assistance in data collection and analysis and Dr Georgia Narsavage for review and editing of the manuscript. Most importantly, we would like to express our immense gratitude to all patients and family caregivers who participated in the study. The present study would not be completed without their full cooperation and commitment to the study.
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