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Review this Huddle Card on the oncologic emergency disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). The card explores DIC’s risk factors, manifestations, assessment, treatment, and nursing interventions. This is a great educational resource for you and your colleagues.
This huddle card is a refresher on the oncologic emergency cardiac tamponade. This card includes information on risk factors, manifestations, assessment, treatment, and nursing interventions for cardiac tamponade.
Revisit the oncologic emergency, hypercalcemia of malignancy, including risk factors, manifestations, assessment, treatment, and nursing interventions.
Review this card about sepsis, an oncologic emergency, in a group or individually. Sepsis risk factors and manifestations as well as assessment, treatment, and nursing interventions are described.
Superior vena cava syndrome affects 3%-4% of patients with cancer involving the chest so patients with a diagnosis of lung cancer or non-Hodgkin lymphoma are at a higher risk. Explore the diagnostic assessments needed, emergency interventions, and clinical manifestations.
As many as 15% of patients with cancer experience malignant spinal cord compression throughout the course of their disease. Patients with lung, prostate, or breast cancer or multiple myeloma are at a higher risk for this complication. Learn about the clinical manifestations, emergency interventions, and nursing considerations.
Anaphylaxis can be life-threatening and occurs in approximately 5% of patients receiving antineoplastic infusions. Areas covered in this huddle card are risk factors, clinical manifestation, diagnostic assessment, emergency interventions and nursing considerations. This is a valuable resource for all nurses with patients receiving cancer treatments.
Enhance your knowledge of cytokine release syndrome and how it can affect patients with cancer. The incidence of CRS happening depends on the type of cancer therapy and diagnosis. You will learn about the risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnosis assessment, emergency interventions and nursing considerations
Review this huddle card to learn how clinical trials impact cancer care and the oncology nurse's role in caring for patients enrolled in clinical trials. This card covers the different phases of a trial and the nursing considerations for those working with patients in a clinical trial.