Self-care strategies to cope with taste changes after chemotherapy.

Purpose/objectives: To describe factors related to taste changes, to examine patients' use of a self-care suggestion sheet to manage taste changes associated with chemotherapy, and to identify potentially useful strategies for managing specific taste changes after chemotherapy.

Design: Quasi-experimental, pre/post design.

Setting: Four outpatient urban and suburban oncology centers in Illinois.

Advanced practice nurses in emergency care settings: A demographic profile.

Introduction: Very little is known about clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners (advance practice nurses [APNs]) who practice in emergency care settings. The Advanced Practice Committee of the ENA sought to determine a profile of these individuals.

Methods: Surveys were distributed to all registrants at 2 ENA conferences and posted on the ENA Web site.