Jame Abraham on Managing Time for Patients Undergoing Scalp Cooling
Jame Abraham highlights the importance of time management for patients undergoing scalp cooling.
Jame Abraham, MD, Director of the Breast Oncology Program at Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, highlights the importance of time management for patients undergoing scalp cooling.
The Orbis Paxman Hair Loss Prevention System (OPHLPS) must be worn for 30 minutes before, during, and 90 minutes after chemotherapy. Keeping the flow of patients through this extended time is an important job for the nurse.
Patients can wear the device for 30 minutes before chemotherapy while receiving any antiemetic medications. After chemotherapy, patients can be moved to the waiting room in order to free up the chair in the infusion suite.
Oncology Nurses Provide Patients an Avenue to Supportive Care
November 12th 2019Palliative care is often associated with a patient entering end of life treatment and giving up on their treatment, but that isn't the reality of what id can do for patients. And oncology nurses can help guide patients to the right supportive care for them.
Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer
March 23rd 2016Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.
Kimberly J. Van Zee on Nomograms Helping in DCIS Treatment Decision-Making
March 18th 2016Kimberly J. Van Zee, MS, MD, FACS, attending surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the institution's newly-developed nomogram that can help women make treatment decisions about ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
