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Cancer Symptom Management, Third Edition

Author(s): Connie Henke Yarbro, MS, RN, FAAN, Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, Missouri, Editor, Seminars in Oncology Nursing
Margaret Hansen Frogge, RN, MS, Riverside Health Care, Rush University
Michelle Goodman, RN, MS, Rush University Medical Center
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763721428
  • ISBN-10:0763721425
  • Hardcover    765 pages      © 2004
Price: International Sales $122.95 US List
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Overview

Designed to assist clinical oncology nurses in skillfully relieving and diminishing the cancer patient's symptoms, Cancer Symptom Management, Third Edition, provides essential information and the tools neccesary to provide quality care to cancer patients. This text contains nursing care plans and management algorithms and includes a CD-ROM of customizable patient self-care guides.

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Self-care guides, designed to be distributed to both patients and families, are provided in an appendix following each chapter.

Nursing assessment tools, including flow charts, algorithms, nursing care plans and guides are also incorporated into every chapter.

New to this edition is the use of "complementary medicine" as a strategy for symptom management.

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Accompanying CD contains all of the Patient Self-Care Guides that can be customized for individual patients and institutions.

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PART I . The Problem of Symptom Distress

Chapter 1.    Evidence-Based Symptom Management, Dana Rutledge

 

PART II.  Symptoms of Disturbances of Comfort

Chapter 2. Arthralgias and Myalgias, Ginny Martin

Chapter 3. Dyspnea, Linda Hood

Chapter 4. Fatigue, Lillian Nail

Chapter 5. Flu-Like Syndrome, Brenda Shelton

Chapter 6. Pain, Judy Paice

Chapter 7. Pruritus, Connie Yarbro

Chapter 8. Sleep Disturbances, Megan Mills

 

PART III.  Symptoms of Alterations in Nutrition

Chapter 9. Anorexia-Cachexia Syndrome, Regina Cunningham

Chapter 10. Dysphagia, Dawn Camp-Sorrell

Chapter 11. Nausea and Vomiting, Rita Wickham

Chapter 12. Xerostomia, Karen Maher

 

PART IV.  Symptoms of Disturbances of Protective Mechanisms

Chapter 13. Bleeding, Patricia Friend

Chapter 14. Infection, Debbie Wujcik

Chapter 15. Mucositis, Susan Beck

Chapter 16. Skin Ulceration, Elizabeth Kelly Hayden

Chapter 17. Skin and Nail Bed Disturbances, Maureen Major

 

PART V.   Symptoms of Neurological Disturbances

Chapter 18. Peripheral Neuropathy, Gail Wilkes

Chapter 19. Spinal Cord Compression, Gail Wilkes

Chapter 20. Increased Intracranial Pressure, Gail Wilkes

Chapter 21.Cerebellar Syndromes, Gail Wilkes

 

PART VI.   Symptoms of Alterations in Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

Chapter 22. Ascites, Lois Winkleman

Chapter 23. Effusions, Deb Goldman

Chapter 24. Electrolyte Imbalances, Maureen Richerson

Chapter 25. Lymphedema, Barbara Kalinowski

 

PART VII.   Symptoms of Disturbances in Elimination

Chapter 26. Bladder Disturbances, Donna Berry

Chapter 27. Constipation, Bob Massey

Chapter 28. Diarrhea, Constance Engelking

 

PART VIII.  Symptoms of Alterations in Coping

Chapter 29. Alopecia, Dianne Reeves

Chapter 30. Menopausal Symptoms, Susan Moore

Chapter 31. Altered Body Image and Sexual Health, Deborah Watkins Bruner

Chapter 32. Concentration and Memory Disruption, Marlene Cohen

Chapter 33. Anxiety, Barbara Holmes Gobel

Chapter 34. Depression, Andrea Barsevick

Chapter 35. Grief and Loss, Claudia Guillaume

Chapter 36. Spiritual Distress, Elizabeth Johnson Taylor

Chapter 37. Saying Goodbye, Susan Moore


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Connie Henke Yarbro, MS, RN, FAAN-Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Columbia, Missouri, Editor, Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Connie Henke Yarbro, RN, MS, FAAN, is Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Sinclair School of Nursing and Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Editor-in-Chief of Seminars in Oncology Nursing.  One of the founders of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) in 1975, she served as the first Treasurer (1975-1979) and President of the ONS (1979-1983).  In 1981, she founded the ONS Foundation and served as President from 1982-1988.  She has served on the Board of Trustees for the Association of Community Cancer Centers, the American Association for Cancer Education, advisory panels for the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Pharmacopeia, and numerous other committees and advisory panels.  She is one of three editors of the comprehensive textbook of oncology nursing, Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice (7th ed), Cancer Symptom Management (3rd ed), Oncology Nursing Review (4th ed),  Breast Care Certification Review, and co-editor of Oncology Nursing in the Ambulatory Setting and Cancer Pain Management (2nd ed).  She has published over 90 articles and book chapters on topics related to cancer nursing and care, and is a national and international lecturer.  She is Past President of the International Society for Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC), served on the Medical Advisory Board of CancerSource.com, the Board of Directors for the Center for Biomedical Continuing Education, and the Alternative and Complementary Methods of Cancer Management Committee of the American Cancer Society.  She has received numerous local, national and international awards.

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Margaret Hansen Frogge, RN, MS-Riverside Health Care, Rush University

Michelle Goodman, RN, MS-Rush University Medical Center

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