Kelly R. Tan, is PhD Student, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mary K. Killela, is PhD Student, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jill Leckey, is PhD Student, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Accepted for publication July 2, 2020.
During the time this work was conducted, Kelly Tan was supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research under Award Number F31NR018098, and Mary Killela and Jill Leckey were supported by T32NR007091. Kelly Tan and Mary Killela were also supported by the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Hillman Scholars of Nursing Innovation. Jill Leckey is a Beerstecher Graduate Nursing Scholar.
The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the Hillman Foundation. The authors thank Sheila Santacroce, PhD, RN, CPNP, FAANP, Beerstecher-Blackwell, Distinguished Associate Professor, for allowing us to contribute to her research and for her guidance and critical comments while writing this article. The authors would also like to thank Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Frances Hill Fox Distinguished Professor, and PhD students Martha Grace Cromeens, BSN, RN, and Leah Morgan, BSN, RN, for their feedback and critical comments. Lastly, we would like to thank Momcology and Childhood Cancer Dads Support Group for their critical role in this research.
This study was approved by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institutional Review Board (IRB# 18-1009) and exempted from further review.
The authors have no conflict of interest to report.
Corresponding author: Kelly R. Tan, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7460 Carrington Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460 (e-mail: [email protected]).