Nursing research
-
Smokers who make a quit attempt during hospitalization have improved long-term abstinence if they receive follow-up support, including via a telephone quitline, a free resource in the United States. Smokers are referred infrequently to this resource by healthcare providers. ⋯ After 6 months, nurses in the intervention group had significant improvement in the frequency of interventions and consistency of referral of smokers to the quitline. The improvement of nurses' referral to the quitline among the control group who only received printed materials demonstrates that both are effective strategies in increasing awareness of this resource.
-
Capecitabine and oxaliplatin (XELOX) chemotherapy causes nausea and vomiting, despite adequate administration of antiemetics. Furthermore, specific risk factors that increase this risk are not elucidated. ⋯ An unacceptably high proportion of patients receiving XELOX were identified as being unable to attain adequate control of nausea because of inadequate usage of delayed antiemetic prophylaxis. Clinicians should be aware of the chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting patterns in this subgroup of patients on XELOX and tailor appropriate management plans. Incorporation of delayed antiemetics to existing institutional guidelines for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting management may improve patients' tolerance of XELOX.