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Assessing The Impact Timing Of Chemotherapy Education Has On A Patient's Ability To Self-Manage Common Side Effects, Deanna Anderson
Assessing The Impact Timing Of Chemotherapy Education Has On A Patient's Ability To Self-Manage Common Side Effects, Deanna Anderson
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Purpose
A new diagnosis of cancer will often cause an individual to feel overwhelmed, confused and anxious (Kessels, 2003). Many patients often experience anxiety not only related to their cancer diagnosis but also in regards to the plausible side effects of chemotherapy (Greene, Nail, Fieler, Dudgeon, & Jones, 1994; Williams & Schreier, 2004). The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the association between timing of education provided to newly diagnosed patients undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and number of self-manageable triage calls to the oncologist’s office
Methods
A retrospective study design was conducted on newly diagnosed breast cancer patients …