Shelley Murphy

Mindfulness Practices for Children and Adolescents Receiving Cancer Therapies.

Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology nursing 2022 Shelley Murphy, Ani Jamyang Donma, Sara Ahola Kohut et al.

Background: Mindfulness is our innate capacity to pay full, conscious, and compassionate attention to something in the moment. It is also a skill that can be strengthened by mental practice. More recently, mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are identified within clinical practice guidelines as an intervention in the treatment of certain symptoms for children with cancer. However, there is...