Ryan Nipp on the Correlation Between Symptom Burden and Length of Hospital Stay
Ryan Nipp, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the correlation between symptom burden and length of hospital stay for patients with cancer.
Ryan Nipp, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the correlation between symptom burden and length of hospital stay for patients with cancer.
Nipp and colleagues conducted a study to answer the question, “Do symptoms predict the length of a hospital stay?” Patients rated nausea, pain, and fatigue on a 1 to 10 scale, and those who had 12 or more symptoms were also asked about anxiety and depression. It was found that nearly every symptom predicts for length of hospital stay. Those who had more symptoms stayed longer, and those who had anxiety/depression, on average, stayed a day longer than those who did not.
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.
