Chapter 1 - Introduction to PEP
Chapter 1 includes list of contributors, contents, preface, and forward. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to PEP.
Putting Evidence Into Practice: A Pocket Guide to Cancer Symptom Management
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From the team that has brought you the Putting Evidence Into Practice (PEP) resources since 2006 comes the first-ever pocket-sized book containing everything you need to immediately improve patient care. Putting Evidence Into Practice: A Pocket Guide to Cancer Symptom Management; updates the popular ONS PEP oncology symptom management resources into a portable pocket guide. Featuring the latest evidence on 19 symptom management topics, this book provides a quick-reference guide to help clinicians identify which interventions have demonstrated effectiveness against the following symptoms and side effects.
- Anorexia
- Anxiety
- Caregiver strain and burden
- Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
- Cognitive impairment
- Constipation
- Depression
- Diarrhea (chemotherapy- and radiation-induced)
- Dyspnea
- Fatigue
- Hot flashes
- Lymphedema
- Mucositis
- Pain (acute, breakthrough, chronic, and refractory/intractable)
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Prevention of infection (general and transplant)
- Radiodermatitis
- Skin reactions
- Sleep-wake disturbances
The book is an essential tool for ensuring quality care of patients with cancer and was designed for easy carrying and referencing during your day-to-day direct patient care. Each chapter outlines the nature, incidence, and impact of the symptom for patients with cancer; factors that create the highest risk; key aspects of assessment and identification of some assessment tools; intervention evidence; and suggestions for application in practice. Get the most current evidence-based information on common cancer symptoms and treatment side effects in this new, easy-to-carry guide.
Putting Evidence Into Practice: A Pocket Guide to Cancer Symptom Managment is also available via iTunes for your iPad and via Kindle.
Member Price: $68.00Nonmember Price: $96.00
ISBN:
978-1-935864-54-7
Published By:
Oncology Nursing Society
Publication Date:
2014
Pages:
295
Chapters
Chapter 2 - Anorexia
Chapter 2 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with anemia.
Chapter 3 - Anxiety
Chapter 3 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with anxiety.
Chapter 4 - Caregiver Strain and Burden
Chapter 4 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for caregiver strain and burden.
Chapter 5 - Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 5 details issues surrounding chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting.
Chapter 6 - Cognitive Impairment
Chapter 6 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with cognitive impairment.
Chapter 7 - Constipation
Chapter 7 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with constipation.
Chapter 8 - Depression
Chapter 8 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with depression.
Chapter 9 - Diarrhea
Chapter 9 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with diarrhea.
Chapter 10 - Dyspnea
Chapter 10 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with dyspnea.
Chapter 11 - Fatigue
Chapter 11 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with fatigue.
Chapter 12 - Hot Flashes
Chapter 12 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with hot flashes
Chapter 13 - Lymphedema
Chapter 13 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with lymphedema.
Chapter 14 - Mucositis
Chapter 14 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with mucositis.
Chapter 15 - Pain
Chapter 15 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with pain.
Chapter 16 - Peripheral Neuropathy
Chapter 16 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with peripheral neuropathy.
Chapter 17 - Prevention of Infection
Chapter 17 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for prevention of infection in patients with cancer.
Chapter 18 - Radiodermatitis
Chapter 18 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with radiodermatitis.
Chapter 19 - Skin Effects
Chapter 19 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with adverse skin reactions.
Chapter 20 - Sleep-Wake Disturbances
Chapter 20 provides information on risk factors, assessment, and recommendations on interventions for patients with sleep-wake disturbances. Also included is the book’s index.
