Oncology nursing forum
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Oncology nursing forum · Jan 2005
Representations of fatigue in women receiving chemotherapy for gynecologic cancers.
To describe women's representations of fatigue and fatigue-related coping efforts by women receiving chemotherapy. ⋯ Nurses must make extra efforts to ask patients about fatigue and to provide self-care suggestions for coping with fatigue. Research efforts must continue to evaluate the efficacy of nursing interventions aimed at decreasing cancer-related fatigue.