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The most up-to-date, comprehensive reference available in the bone marrow field. Utilizing the experience of more than twenty oncology nurses, it addresses current challenges: to influence both ethical and administrative problem solving, to help lower costs, to improve patients' understanding of problems and risks, and to participate in decision making for research studies. This text prepares nurses for an even larger role in the continuing application of marrow transplantation.
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Part I: Administrative
1) Bone Marrow Transplantation -- State of the Art
2) The Administrative Issues of an Outpatient BMT unit
3) The Administrative Issues of a BMT unit
4) The Administrative Issues of Intensive Care Management for the BMT Patient
5) Administrative Considerations of the Pediatric BMT unit
6) Nutritional Considerations for the BMT Patient
7) The Pharmacy for a BMT unit
8) Discharge Planning for the BMT Recipient
Part II: Clinical Considerations
9) Pre-Transplant Care of the BMT Recipient
10) Peripheral Stem Cell Transplantation
11) Pain Management in the BMT Patient
12) Oral Medicine and the BMT Patient
13) Psychological Considerations for the BMT Patient and Family
14) Home Care for the BMT Patient
15) Long-Term Complications of the BMT Patient
Part III: Related Issues
16) Teaching Tools for BMT
17) Nursing Research in Bone Marrow Transplantation
18) The Role of Computers in Bone Marrow Transplantation
19) Cost Issues in BMT
20) Center of Excellence, Case Managed Models of Care and Reimbursement Issues
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Patricia Corcoran Buchsel, RN, MSN-University of Washington, Washington
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ISBN-13: 9780763714741
Marie Bakitas Whedon, RN, MS, AOCN, FAAN-Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
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