the patient was drowsy and tired‚ I asked the patient if it was ok to inquire her history from her husband‚ she nodded and said yes. So‚ as I took the history‚ I found that the patient was diagnosed with advanced stage of cancer and had her last chemotherapy few weeks back
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Submission of the Course Evaluation within one week of the close of the course Only registered nurses are eligible to receive the ONS Chemotherapy & Biotherapy Provider Card. This card validates the registered nurse has the theoretical foundation needed to administer cytotoxic and biotherapeutic agents. The card is valid for two years. The ONS Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Course is NOT a certification course‚ and is not intended to measure competency. Individual institutions are responsible
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The Story of My Search When I was a child‚ my aunt was diagnosed with brain cancer. From early on‚ they said that it was unlikely that she was going to survive this disease. They also mentioned that if she was going to survive‚ the long-term affects she was going to have were going to change her life forever. Being a child‚ it was extremely difficult for me to understand. I really had no idea what brain cancer was. Even to this day‚ I was only aware of the general knowledge of it — having a brain
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are in abundance. The most common treatments are surgery‚ chemotherapy‚ and radiation. A few of the lesser known are targeted therapy‚ immunotherapy‚ and stem cell transplant. Surgery is not only a treatment‚ but it can be used to diagnose and prevent most cancers. There are multiple surgical techniques‚ such as‚ full removal‚ partial removal‚ and some techniques are to treat a specific problem caused by the cancer itself. Chemotherapy is the use of strong medications‚ which have been proven‚
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will still receive conventional chemotherapy and be closely watched. There are different options of treatment for those in their second or third trimester. Some evidence reports that it is possible to have a safe pregnancy while receiving chemotherapy at this time. There was a successful delivery for 73% out of 160 pregnant women diagnosed with different cancers and treated with anthracyclines. While there may be possibilities of a safe pregnancy during chemotherapy‚ there is also a long-term risk
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cancer‚ as can jaundice symptoms. Cure Much argument still survives above cure of breast cancer‚ choices contain; surgical procedure‚ chemotherapy‚ Radiotherapy‚ Hormonal therapies‚ Herceptin and harmonizing cures. The foundation of breast cancer cure is operation when the cancer is limited to a small area‚ with potential adjuvant hormonal therapy‚ chemotherapy‚ or radiotherapy. Prevention Regular mammography of women elder than the age of forty is suggested by various institutions as a screening
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Clinical-based Prediction of Side Effects in Colon Cancer Chemotherapy Mouna Kacimi Ognjen Savkovi´c Manfred Mitterer Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano‚ Italy Mouna.Kacimi@unibz.it Faculty of Computer Science Free University of Bozen-Bolzano I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano‚ Italy Ognjen.Savkovic@unibz.it Hospital Franz Tappeiner I-39012‚ Meran-Merano‚ Italy Manfred.Mitterer@asbmeran-o.it Abstract—Chemotherapy is used to treat cancer by killing malignant cells
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Professor Marion Hickman English 102 11 October 2014 The Blunt Truth Though marijuana is categorized as an illegal street drug and continually collects negativity from the media‚ there are endless benefits connected to the use of medical marijuana. Individuals who are open-minded to the potential of the herb argue that for medicinal purposes‚ marijuana should be legalized. How can legalizing medical marijuana nationally benefit or hurt the populace? Even though the resistance to legalize marijuana
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Article to be reviewed: Craddock T.‚ Adams‚ P.‚ Usui‚ W.‚ & Mitchell‚ L. (1999). An intervention to increase use and effectiveness of self-care measures for breast cancer chemotherapy patients. Cancer Nursing‚ 22(4)‚ 312-319. The problem this study was conducted to resolve appears to revolve around the fact that most chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients are done on an outpatient basis and that oncology nurses are faced with the challenge of providing The an overwhelming amount of basic information
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Tiffany Reynard Reynard 1 Varrasso English 112 6 February 2015 Haylee’s Journey with Leukemia and Victory over Cancer July 11‚ 2005‚ is a life-changing event for Haylee and our family. On July 11 my daughter Haylee is diagnosed with Leukemia. This is the beginning of Haylee’s journey with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Haylee’s health condition began to get worse within
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