Children's coping strategies for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.

Purpose/objectives: To identify anticipatory, acute, and delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) frequency and coping strategies used among pediatric patients with cancer.

Design: Prospective, cohort design.

Setting: A pediatric teaching hospital in the southern United States.

Reducing central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections in children with cancer.

Purpose/objectives: To determine whether a comprehensive educational program influenced the incidence of hub colonization of central venous catheters (CVCs) and bloodstream infection rates in children with cancer, to identify risk factors related to infection rates, and to determine the impact of an educational program on nurses' knowledge of CVC care for children with cancer.

Design: Prospective, longitudinal.

Setting: Pediatric cancer center in a large children's hospital in the southwestern United States.