Core curriculum for oncology nursing

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.