Empowering individuals to self-manage chemotherapy side effects.

Providing concise, consistent, and individually relevant patient education is critical. At one institution, patients and families attended a chemotherapy education class consisting of an 11-minute DVD and an oncology nurse-facilitated group discussion. Postclass and eight-week follow-up surveys assessing understanding of treatment side effects, self-care management, and confidence in managing side effects were administered.

Concerns across the survivorship trajectory: results from a survey of cancer survivors.

Purpose/objectives: To evaluate the most prevalent physical, social, emotional, and spiritual concerns of cancer survivors.

Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional study.

Setting: A matrix (multisite) cancer center in three urban centers in the United States.