Assignment Unit 3 DUE Sept. 24 Prepare a handwritten summary/short report of Uni

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Assignment Unit 3 DUE Sept. 24 Prepare a handwritten summary/short report of Unit 3 Ch 15 and Ch. 16, using the following learning objectives Ch. 15 Management of Patients with Oncologic Disorders p. 324 On completion of this chapter, the learner will be able to o Compare the function/behavior of normal and cancer o Differentiate between malignant processes in o Identify agents and factors that are carcinogenic cells oncology. o Describe the role of nurses in health education and o Differentiate among the goals of cancer care o Describe the roles of surgery, radiation therapy, prevention of oncologic disorders prevention, diagnosis, cure, control, and palliation chemotherapy, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, hyperthermia, targeted therapy, and symptom management o Use the nursing process as a framework for the care o Identify assessment parameters and nursing o Discuss the role of nurses in cancer survivorship of patients with cancer management of patients with oncologic emergencies care Ch. 16 End-of-Life Care p. 387 On completion of this chapter, the learner will be able to o Discuss the historical, legal, and sociocultural perspectives of palliative and end-of-life care in the United States o Define palliative and end-of-life care o Compare and contrast the settings where palliative care and end-of-life care are provided o Describe the principles and components of hospice care o Identify barriers to improving care at the end of life o Reflect on personal experience with and attitudes toward death and dying o Apply skills for communicating with seriously ill patients and their families o Provide culturally and spiritually sensitive care to seriously ill patients and their families o Implement nursing measures to manage physiologic responses to terminal illness o Support imminently dying patients and their families o Identify components of uncomplicated grief and mourning and implement nursing measures to support patients and families

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Normal cells

Converts nutrients to energy

Same hereditary material can be made

Transportation

Metabolism

Reproduction

Excrete toxic substances out of cells

Aides in growth

Cancer cell

Chemoresistance

Less specified

Do not mature

Malignant process is the calls acquire the process of forming cancer cells secondary to malignant degeneration of an already existing tumor cells

Hereditary

Life style

Mutation in cells

Radiation exposure

Alcohol, smoking, chemical

Viral infection

Dietary habits

Chronic inflammation

Obesity, hormonal changes

Curative or palliative

To cure cancer

To treat cancer

Health educating the patient and family about the treatment and care

The main role in different types of treatment are to target the cancer cells specifically and kill them such as as

Surgery to remove the cancer affected part

Radiation to destroy the particular cancer cells only

Chemotherapy to act systematically

Targeted therapy to only the affected cells

Identifying the lifestyle, dietary habits, smoking alcohol, family history, exposure, age,gender, race,blood investigation, any abnormal bleeding, unexplained weight loss,fatigue

To treat symptomatically

Provide palliative care

Provide psychological support

Administer medications

Improve quality of life

Monitor prognosis any side effects

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