introduction: cancer patients face psychosocial and physical problems, which may have an impact on the patient’s quality of life (qol). the quality of life is a powerful factor when it comes to the guidance, maintenance and increasing the level of health and culture of communities. no more attention has been paid to qol of patients with cancer in our country.  close relation between medical hea...

The oncology clinics use different nursing care delivery models to provide chemotherapy treatment to cancer patients. Functional and primary care delivery models are the most commonly used methods in the clinics. In functional care delivery model, patients are scheduled for a chemotherapy appointment without considering availabilities of individual nurses, and nurses are assigned to patients ac...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe oncology nurses' use of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) clinical practice guidelines for chemotherapy-induced neutropenia (CIN) and febrile neutropenia (FN). DESIGN Cross-sectional survey design; descriptive, correlational analysis. SETTING E-mail invitation to Web-based survey. SAMPLE Random sample of 309 Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) members ...

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the chemotherapy-associated symptoms and strategies used for their management from perspective of pediatric cancer patients’ family caregivers. Methods: This is a descriptive study with qualitative data analysis. Data collection took place in hospital, December 2017 to 2018, caregivers patients undergoing chemotherapy. Semi-structured interviews, subjected induct...

Oncology nurses play a critical role in the assessment and management of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Baseline and ongoing evaluation of physical function is a critical but often overlooked aspect of assessment of CIPN. The diversity of symptoms and the complexity associated with neuromuscular assessment lead to challenges in evaluation and management of CIPN. To meet this...

The December 2014 issue of the European Journal of Oncology Nursing published an article by Näppä, Rasmussen, Axelsson, and Lindqvist that reported on a qualitative study of the challenges experienced by Swedish nurses when administering palliative cancer treatment at the end of life. The study identified the various clinical scenarios that create dilemmas among nurses. The authors described wh...

Complementary therapies (CTs) are nonconventional supportive therapies, which are used by the patients with cancer. The use of CTs has been known to alleviate symptoms as a result of chemotherapy and to improve quality of life. However, if CTs are inappropriately used, there may be adverse reactions or no effect resulting in poor support of the cancer treatment. Nurses play an important role in...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore oncology nurses' perceptions and experiences with patient involvement in chemotherapy error prevention. DESIGN Qualitative descriptive study. SETTING In- and outpatient oncology units of a community hospital in Switzerland. SAMPLE 11 actively practicing oncology nurses working in an ambulatory infusion unit or on wards. METHODS Oncology nurses participated ...

background : this study assesses the effect of oral cryotherapy on the incidence and severity of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis in combined chemotherapy regimens. methods : this was a randomized controlled trial that enrolled 80 cancer patients. we evaluated the primary oral status of all patients prior to chemotherapy. patients were divided into two groups, experimental and control. the e...