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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.
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.
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.
Survivorship care plans improve the transition of care from active cancer treatment to surveillance and long-term monitoring. Review this huddle card to understand the nurse’s role in survivorship care and care planning.
Late or delayed effects are complications caused by cancer treatment that arise months or years after treatment ends. This huddle card highlights the treatment modalities linked to the risk of late effects and provides nursing considerations.
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.
Loss of fertility is a potential late effect of cancer treatment and can be a source of substantial emotional distress for young patients hoping to start or grow their family. View this huddle card to review treatment risk factors for infertility, preservation options, and nursing considerations.
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.
Financial toxicity is the adverse economic consequences and distress resulting from the costs of medical treatment. Review this huddle card to learn about how financial toxicity affects patients with cancer and their care, as well as risk factors for financial toxicity and nursing considerations to address it.