Newton: Mosby's Oncology Nursing Advisor: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Practice

Mosby's Oncology Nursing Advisor: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Practice by Susan Newton, Margie Hickey and Joyce Marrs provides quick access to essential information on a wide range of cancer topics, including types of cancer, treatment options, symptom management, palliative care, and patient teaching. Its user-friendly layout and straightforward coverage make it ideal for use in any clinical setting, offering authoritative guidance to help you provide the best possible oncology nursing care.

Book features :

• Detailed descriptions of over 50 major cancer types provide essential information on incidence, etiology and risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnostic workup, histology, staging, treatment, prognosis, and prevention.
  
• Coverage of cancer management principles outlines a wide range of treatment and pharmacologic modalities, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, biological response modifiers, and complementary and alternative therapies.
  
• Symptom management guidelines provide in-depth coverage of pathophysiology, assessment tools, lab and diagnostic tests, differential diagnoses, interventions, follow up care, and resources for over 30 common symptoms associated with cancer and cancer treatments.
  
• Essential information on many oncologic emergencies and emergent issues prepares you to respond quickly to structural, metabolic, and hematologic emergencies.
  
• Helpful patient teaching resources include more than 25 reproducible patient teaching handouts.
  
• An entire section on palliative care and end-of-life issues offers helpful guidelines for dealing with topics related to hospice care, communication in palliative care, the final hours of the cancer patient, ethical considerations, and loss, grief, and bereavement.
  
• Serves as a great study tool for the oncology nursing certification exam.
  

Contents 
I. INTRODUCTION

• 1. Cancer Epidemiology
• 2. Cancer Pathophysiology

II. MAJOR CANCERS
3. Breast Cancer

• Invasive Breast Cancer
• Noninvasive Breast Cancer

4. Central Nervous System

• Astrocytoma WHO Grade 1
• Astrocytoma WHO Grade 2
• Astrocytoma WHO Grade 3
• Astrocytoma WHO Grade 4
• Benign Brain Tumors
• Ependymoma
• Metastatic Brain Tumors
• Mixed Glioma
• Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET)
• Recurrent Glial Tumor
• Central Nervous System Malignancies — Overview

5. Gastrointestinal System

• Anal Cancer
• Biliary (Extrahepatic Bile Duct) and Gallbladder Cancers
• Colon and Rectal Cancers
• Esophageal Cancer
• Gastric Cancer
• GIST
• Hepatocellular Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer

6. Genitourinary System

• Bladder Cancer
• Penile Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Renal Cancer
• Testicular Cancer

7. Gynecological

• Cervical Cancer
• Endometrial Cancer
• GTN
• Ovarian Cancer
• Vaginal Cancer
• Vulvar Cancer

8. Head and Neck

• Laryngeal
• Oral
• Pharyngeal
• Salivary
• Thyroid and Parathyroid

9. Leukemia

• Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Acute Myelogenous Leukemia
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
• Myelodysplatic Syndrome

10. Lymphoma

• Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Nonhodgkin Lymphoma

11. Multiple Myeloma
12. Lung Cancer

• Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Small Cell Lung Cancer

13. Sarcomas

• Chondrosarcoma
• Ewing's
• Kaposi's
• Soft Tissue

14. Skin Cancer

• Melanoma
• Nonmelanoma

III. PRINCIPLES OF CANCER MANAGEMENT

• 15. Surgical Therapy
• 16. Radiation Therapy
• 17. Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Overview and Priorities for Nursing Care
• 18. Biological Response Modifiers
• 19. Chemotherapy
• 20. Chemotherapeutic Agents
• 21. Targeted Therapy
• 22. Targeted Therapy Agents
• 23. Hormonal Therapy
• 24. Hormonal Therapy Agents
• 25. Complementary & Alternative Therapy
• 26. Complementary & Alternative Therapy Agents

IV. PRINCIPLES OF SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

• 27. Alopecia
• 28. Alterations in Sexuality
• 29. Anorexia
• 30. Anxiety
• 31. Arthralgias and Myalgias
• 32. Confusion
• 33. Constipation
• 34. Cough
• 35. Depressed Mood
• 36. Diarrhea
• 37. Dizziness and Vertigo
• 38. Dysphagia
• 39. Dyspnea
• 40. Esophagitis
• 41. Fatigue
• 42. Fever
• 43. Flu-Like Syndrome
• 44. Headache
• 45. Hiccups
• 46. Lymphedema
• 47. Menopausal Symptoms
• 48. Mucositis
• 49. Nausea and Vomiting
• 50. Pain
• 51. Peripheral Neuropathy
• 52. Pleural Effusion
• 53. Pruritis
• 54. Seizures
• 55. Sleep Disturbances
• 56. Xerostomia

V. ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES/EMERGENT ISSUES
57. Structural Emergencies

• Bowel Obstruction
• Cystitis
• Neoplastic Cardiac Tamponade
• Radiation Pneumonitis
• Spinal Cord Suppression
• Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
• Urinary Tract Infection
• Urinary Tract Obstruction

58. Metabolic Emergencies

• Adrenal Failure
• Hypercalcemia
• Hyperuricemia
• Hypoglycemia
• SIADH
• Tumor Lysis Syndrome

59. Hematologic Emergencies

• DIC
• DVT
• Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Sepsis
• TTP

VI. PALLIATIVE CARE AND END-OF-LIFE ISSUES

• 60. Palliative and Hospice Care
• 62. Cultural Issues in Cancer Care
• 63. Ethical Considerations
• 64. Final Hours
• 65. Loss, Grief, and Bereavement

VII. PATIENT TEACHING 



Book Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
  
• Publisher: Mosby; 1 edition (April 10, 2008)
  
• Language: English
  
• ISBN-10: 0323045979
  
• ISBN-13: 978-0323045971
  
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 1.3 inches
  

List Price: $61.95