Cancer nursing : principles and practice / edited by Connie Henke Yarbro, Debra Wujcik, Barbara Holmes Gobel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yarbro, Connie Henke.

Wujcik, Debra

Gobel, Barbara Holmes

EBSCOhost.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Nursing.

Cancer.

Neoplasms--nursing.

Oncology Nursing--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Neoplasms--nursing.

Oncology Nursing--methods.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlii, 1940 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)

polychrome

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Place of Publication:

Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, [2011]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Preface

Editors

Contributors

Part 1: Cancer Problem

1: Biology of cancer / Carrie J Merkle

Introduction

Theories and research models of tumor development

Properties of cancer and transformed cells, genetic influences associated with cancer

Cell cycle

Apoptosis

Metastasis

Conclusion

References

2: Immunology / Janice Post-White; Susan M Bauer-Wu

Overview

Components of the immune system

Mechanisms of adaptive immunity

Tissue destruction from immune responses

Factors affecting immune responses

Implication for nursing practice

3: Epidemiology / Alecia Malin Fair

Basic considerations in epidemiological research

Causes of cancer

Biomakers

Host characteristics influencing cancer susceptibility

Psychoneuroimmunology and cancer risk

Application of epidemiology to nursing practice

Part 2: Prevention, Detection, and Diagnosis

4: Cultural diversity among individuals with cancer / Joanne K Itano

Ethnicity and cancer

Nursing issues

Resources

5: Dynamics of cancer prevention / Judith J Smith; Barbara K Dunn

Cancer prevention principles

Cancer prevention strategies

Cancer prevention and public policy

Cancer prevention challenges

Nursing implications

6: Screening and detection for asymptomatic individuals / Suzanne M Mahon

Conceptual considerations in cancer screening

Cancer risk assessment: the first step in the cancer screening process

Oral communication of risk

Measures of the accuracy of screening tests

Implementing cancer screening

7: Genetic risk and hereditary cancer syndromes / Jennifer T Loud; Sadie P Hutson

Cancer nursing practice and hereditary cancer syndromes

Vocabulary of hereditary cancer syndromes for oncology nurses

Characteristics of hereditary cancer syndromes

Ethical, legal and social implications of predisposition genetic testing for hereditary cancer syndromes

Risk assessment of cancer susceptibility

Cancer risk assessment models

Genetic counseling

Selected hereditary cancer syndromes

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndromes

Hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes

Multiple endocrine neoplasia

Li-Fraumeni syndrome

Future direction of nursing practice and research

Appendix 7-1: Cancer genetics resources: an organizational guide

8: Diagnostic evaluation, classification, and staging / Wendy H Vogel

Goals and factors affecting the diagnostic approach

Diagnostic approach

Classification and nomenclature

Staging and grading classifications

Future trends

Part 3: Treatment

9: Quality of life as an outcome of cancer care / Carol Estwing Ferrans; Eileen Danaher Hacker

Quality of life as a prognostic indicator

Using quality of life information in cancer care

Using quality of life questionnaires in clinical practice

What is quality of life?

Measuring quality of life

Clinical significance

Data collection in real time

Populations presenting special challenges

10: Principles of cancer clinical trials / Anthony DeLaCruz; Mary S McCabe

Clinical trails process and implementation

Nonclinical trial access to experimental agents: special access programs

Protection of research participants

Barriers to clinical trials participation

Cancer clinical trials programs

Current issues

11: Surgical therapy / Theresa Wicklin Gillespie

Roles of surgery in oncology care

Clinical decision making in surgical therapy

Impact of nursing care on surgical outcomes

Trends in surgical oncology

Special considerations for nursing care

12: Principles of radiation therapy / Tracey K Gosselin

History of radiation therapy

Goals of treatment approaches

Applied radiation physics

High-linear-energy-transfer and charged-particle radiation therapy

Radiobiology

Chemical and thermal modifiers of radiation

Incidental and accidental radiation exposure

13: Radiation treatment planning / Susan Weiss Behrend

Simulation

Planning/localization/imaging

Principles of external beam radiation dosing/dosimetry

Patient positioning and immobilization techniques

Delivery of radiation therapy: machines and equipment

Treatment delivery modalities

Advanced topics: treatment delivery

14: Radiation therapy: toxicities and management / Marilyn L Haas

Tissue and organ response to radiation

Roles of nursing in radiation oncology

General side effects of radiation

Acute radiation toxicities and management: site specific

Secondary malignancies

15: Cytotoxic chemotherapy: principles of therapy / Peter V Tortorice

Historical perspective

Cancer chemotherapy drug development

Scientific basis of chemotherapy

Cytotoxic drug-selection criteria

Managing chemotherapy resistance

Chemotherapy as a treatment for cancer

Pharmacology of chemotherapeutic drugs

16: Chemotherapy: principles of administration / Gail M Wilkes

Chemotherapy administration

Drug administration

Vascular access devices

Appendix 16 A: Oral chemotherapy and hormonal agents

16 B: Intravenous chemotherapy agents

17: Chemotherapy toxicities and management /Dawn Camp-Sorrell

Pretreatment evaluation: risk analysis

Quality of life and chemotherapy toxicity

Self-care

Patient education and follow-up

Chemotherapy toxicities

18: Principles and techniques of blood and marrow transplantation / Susan A. Ezzone

Historical developments

Hematopoiesis and transplant immunology

Types of transplant

Sources of stem cells

Indications for transplant and survival outcomes(diseases treated)

Patient evaluation

Common preparative regimens

Transplant course

Site of care delivery

Outpatient follow-up

Future directions

References.

19: Complications of hematopoietic cell transplantation / Lowell Anderson-Reitz

Prophylactic support

Peritransplant supportive care

Evaluation and treatment of complications

Acute complications

Late complications

20: Biotheraphy / Paula M Muehlbauer

Immunology overview

Interleukin

Interferons

Bacillus calmette-guerin

Imiquimod

Cancer vaccines

Adoptive cellular transfer therapy

21: Targeted therapy / Debra Wujcik

Signal transduction

Receptor kinase pathways

Intracellular signaling kinase pathways

Angiogenesis pathways

Monoclonal antibodies

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Nursing management

Future implications

22: Gene therapy / Dale Halsey Lea

Genetic disorders

Principles and goals of gene therapy

Vectors for gene transfer

Future approaches to gene therapy

Clinical protocols for gene therapy

Ethical, social, and legal issues in gene therapy

Practice implications for oncology nurses

23: Hematopoietic therapy / Colleen Lemoine; Barbara Holmes Gobel

Hematopoietic growth factors

Transfusion therapy

24: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies in integrative oncology / Georgia Decker; Colleen O Lee

CAM regulation

Evidence-based practice

Integrative oncology: efficacy and safety of commonly used modalities

Symptom management

Education

Part 4: Cancer Symptom Management

25: Evidence-based oncology nursing / Dana N Ruthledge

Evidence-based nursing

Framework: implementation of evidence-based practice

Becoming a nurse who bases care upon evidence

26: Cancer-related distress / Marlene Zichi Cohen; Susan Bankston

Language

Incidence of distress associated with cancer

Etiology of risk factors for distress

Barriers to identification and treatment

Special populations

Clinical manifestations of distress

Assessment of distress

Therapeutic approaches and nursing care

27: Cancer pain management / Erin McMenamin

Scope of the problem

Epidemiology of cancer pain

Etiology of cancer pain

Physiological alterations

Types of pain

Clinical manifestations

Assessment

Pharmacological management of pain

Interventional management of pain

Nonpharmacological management of pain

28: Infection / Brenda K Shelton

Assessment and grading

29: Bleeding / Anna Liza Rodriguez; Barbara Holmes Gobel

Physiology of bleeding

Pathophysiology of bleeding

Assessment for bleeding

30: Cancer-related fatigue / Sandra A Mitchell

Psychophysiological models of CRF

Evaluation of the patient with cancer-related fatigue

Interventions for fatigue

Conclusion and future directions

31: Hypersensitivity reactions to antineoplastic drugs / Barbara Holmes Gobel; Colleen O'Leary

32: Oral mucositis / Carlton G Brown

33: Nutritional disturbances / Regina S Cunningham; Maureen B Huhmann

Normal nutritional physiology

Pathophysiology

Screening, assessment, and grading

34: Paraneoplastic syndromes / Kelly D Mayden

Neurological paraneoplastic syndromes

Endocrine paraneoplastic syndromes

Hematologic paraneoplastic syndromes

Renal paraneoplastic syndromes

Miscellaneous paraneoplastic syndromes

35: Malignant effusions / Diane G Cope

Pleural effusions

Pericardial effusions

Malignant peritoneal effusions

36: Sexual and reproductive dysfunction / Linda U Krebs

Clinical manifestations: effect of cancer therapy on gonadal function

Pregnancy and cancer

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Cancer nursing.

ISBN:

9781449618292

1449618294

Publisher Number:

99954201483

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