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A new and revised version of this best-selling reference! For over eighteen years, best-selling Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice has provided oncology nurses with the latest information on new trends in the rapidly changing science of oncology. Now, in its Seventh Edition, Cancer Nursing has been completely revised and updated to reflect key new developments. New topics covered include targeted therapy, hypersensitivity reactions, mucositis, and family and caregiver issues. With 27 new chapters featuring insights from key authors, the Seventh Edition is a must-have resource for every oncology nurse.
Not long after the attack on Pearl Harbor that drew the United States into World War II, the federal government rounded up more than a hundred thousand people of Japanese descent—both immigrants and native-born citizens—and began one of the most horrific mass-incarceration events in US history. The program tore apart Asian American communities, extracted families from their homes, and destroyed livelihoods as it forced Japanese Americans to various “relocation centers” around the country. Two of these concentration camps—the Jerome and Rohwer War Relocation Centers—operated in Arkansas. This book is a collection of brief memoirs written by former internees of Jerome and Rohwer an...
Rapid changes in oncology neccessitate a comprehensive, up-to-date reference for oncology nurses. For seventeen years, best-selling Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice has filled this need, supplying oncology nurses with cutting-edge, current information. Now, in its Sixth Edition, Cancer Nursing reflects the constantly shifting progress in the science of oncology, as well as emerging new therapies, new treatment modalities, the latest results from clinical trials, updates on new chemotherapeutic agents and targeted therapies, and new perspectives on supportive care. The updated and revised Sixth Edition includes new chapters on the following topics: Screening and Detection for asymptomatic individuals; Hematopoietic growth factors; Complementary and alternative therapies; Distress Symptoms; Cancer Survivorship; Principles, models, history, and issues of end of life and palliative care; Delivery of comfort care; Legal issues in cancer nursing. - Publisher.
Nursing Care of Women with Cancer includes comprehensive coverage of the treatment needs and effects of different types of cancer on diverse female populations - including women of childbearing age and minorities - in all phases of clinical trials. It includes 6 key sections: Global Perspectives, Major Cancers, Physical and Psychosocial Response, Maintaining Health, Social and Family Issues, and Culturally and Ethnically Diverse Women. This is an ideal resource for any nurse caring for women with cancer. Written by leading experts in the field Covers the most common female cancers in detail: lung; breast; cervical; ovarian; endometrial, vulvar, vaginal, and other gynecological; colorectal ca...
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In the last decade, the field of cancer prevention and control has matured. This book offers testimony to that progress by presenting a cross-section of reports from several different areas of cancer detection and treatment research. By focusing on the results of community-based prevention and control intervention programs, it depicts a number of paradigms that community hospitals have developed for clinical research programs utilizing the diverse contributions of oncologists, nurses and social workers.
Published in collaboration with the ONS, this Study Guide is a must-have for those who are taking the certification exam. The chapters parallel those presented in the Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing, 4e. The number of questions in each chapter will correspond with the percentage of questions on that particular topic included in the certification exam. Answers and rationales for correct and incorrect responses are listed at the end of each chapter. The book also includes an updated bibliography for each subject.