Core curriculum for oncology nursing / edited by Joanne K. Itano, Karen N. Taoka.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Comfort / Jeannine M. Brant -- Coping: psychosocial issues / Patricia M. Grimm -- Coping: altered body image and alopecia / Beth A. Freitas -- Coping: cultural issues / Joanne K. Itano -- Coping: survivorship issues and financial concerns / Susan Leigh -- Sexuality / Patricia W. Nishimoto -- Supportive care: dying and death / MargaretJ. Crowley -- Supportive care: rehabilitation and resources / Sue L. Frymark -- Supportive care: support therapies and procedures / Janis M. Petree -- Supportive care: pharmacologic interventions / Robert J. Ignoffo, Carol S. Viele, and Zoe Ngo -- Supportive care: nonpharmacologic interventions / Denise Murray Edwards -- Alterations in mobility, skin integrity, and neurologic status / Jennifer Douglas Pearce -- Myelosuppression / Dawn Camp-Sorrell -- Alterations in nutrition / Marilynn Berendt and Sherri D'Agostino -- Alterations in elimination / Annette W. Kuck and Elisa Ricciardi -- Alterations in ventilation / Leslie V. Matthews -- Alterations in circulation / Kristine Turner Story -- Metabolic emergencies / Barbara Holmes Gobel -- Structural emergencies / Jane C. Hunter -- Biology of cancer and carcinogenesis / Deborah L. Volker -- Immunology / Kristi V. Schmidt --

Genetics / Kathleen A. Calzone -- Nursing care of the client with breast cancer / Marjorie Bernice -- Nursing care of the client with lung cancer / Marie Flannery -- Nursing care of the client with cancers of the gastrointestinal tract / Roberta Anne Strohl -- Nursing care of the client with cancers of the reproductive system / Susan Vogt Temple and Cynthia H. Umstead -- Nursing care of the client with cancers of the urinary system / Maureen E. O'Rourke -- Nursing care of the client with skin cancer / Alice J. Longman -- Nursing cae of the client with head and neck cancer / Ellen Carr -- Nursing care of the client with cancers of the neurologic system / Shirley J. Kern -- Nursing care of the client with leukemia / Molly J. Moran and Susan Ezzone -- Nursing care of the client with lymphoma or multiple myeloma / Ryan R. Iwamoto -- Nursing care of the client with bone and soft tissue cancers / Ellen Carr -- Nursing care of the client with HIV-related cancers / Theresa A. Moran --

Nursing implications of surgical treatment / Thomas J. Szopa -- Nursing implications of radiation therapy / Mary Ellyn Witt -- Nursing implications of biotherapy and molecular targeted therapy / Danielle M. Gale -- Nursing implications of antineoplastic therapy / Susan Vogt Temple and Barbara C. Poniatowski -- Principles of preparation, administration, and disposal of hazardous drugs / Jean M. Ellsworth-Wolk and Jan Hawthorne Maxson -- Nursing implications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation / Terry Wikle Shapiro -- Complementary and alternative medicines / Paul Jay Ross -- Epidemiology and prevention of cancer / Sharon J. Olsen -- Early detection of cancer / Candis Morrison -- Application of the statement on the scope and standards of oncology nursing practice and evidence-based practice / Linda U. Krebs -- The education process / Patricia Agre -- Legal issues influencing cancer care / Mary Magee Guillatte -- Selected ethical issues in cancer care / Paul Nelson-Marten and Jacqueline J. Glover -- Cancer economics and health care reform / Molly Loney -- Professional issues in cancer care / Dianne N. Ishida.