Cancer Chemotherapy: A Nursing Process Approach
- ISBN-10
- 0763714720
- ISBN-13
- 9780763714727
- Series
- Cancer Chemotherapy
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 778
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Authors
- Karen Ingwersen, Margaret Barton-Burke, Gail M. Wilkes
Description
An excellent resource for nurses caring for patients receiving chemotherapy, this Third Edition has been revised to include new chapters on the care of the pediatric oncology patient, chemotherapy in the elderly, and new frontiers in chemotherapy. Information essential to safe drug delivery is combined with the essentials of nursing diagnosis, which focuses on minimizing toxic effects and managing side effects.
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