Oncology nursing forum
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Oncology nursing forum · Jan 2006
ReviewDelirium in older adults with cancer: implications for practice and research.
To provide a comprehensive review of the literature and existing evidence-based findings on delirium in older adults with cancer. ⋯ Ongoing assessment opportunities and close proximity to patients' treatment experiences foster oncology nurses' mastery of this common exemplar of altered cognition in older adults with cancer. Increasing awareness of and knowledge delineating characteristics of delirium in older patients with cancer can promote early recognition, optimum treatment, and minimization of untoward consequences associated with the historically ignored example of symptom distress.
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Oncology nursing forum · Jan 2006
Impact of adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy on fatigue, other symptoms, and quality of life.
To identify differences in fatigue, other physical symptoms, and psychological symptoms and their relationship to quality of life (QOL) during chemotherapy and as long as one year after. ⋯ Interventions targeting primary or cluster symptoms can reduce the impact of adjuvant chemotherapy on fatigue, other symptoms, and QOL.