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Care of the Oncology Patient
Stacy Ravert RN, BSN, OCN
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The Many Faces of Oncology
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Client Background
• Variety of diagnosis• Multiple needs
– Chemotherapy– Diagnosis – disease management– end of life care
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Neutropenia
• Defined as an absolute neutrophil count (ANC) of less than 500
• Calculated by the following formula
ANC = % polys+ % Bands x WBC100
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Significance of Neutropenia
• During neutropenia a clients immune system is weak
• Client is the most vulnerable to infections
• Infection is the common cause of mortality and morbidity
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Nursing Responsibilities
• Identify Patients at risk• Monitor • Assign to a private room• Teaches patients, family and staff on
hand washing• Avoids assigning staff with
documented infections or suspected infections
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Nursing Responsibilities continued
• Instructs visitors to check in with the nurse
• Instructs patients that children under 1 years of age cannot visit
• Minimized/postpones all invasive procedures if possible
• Prohibits contact with staff/visitors with known or suspected transmissible illness
• Provides mask when leaving room
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Nursing Responsibilities Continued
• Avoids stagnant water sources (water pitchers)
• Avoids soil (plants in soil)• Offers low bacterial diet when
ordered by physician• Removes neutropenic precaution
when ANC is greater than 500
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Questions
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Case Study
• Andrew Blake is a 24 year old male who was diagnosed with Acute Myologenous Leukemia 14 days ago. He has been hospitalized since his diagnosis. He received chemotherapy 8 days ago. You are working dayshift. Your report from nightshift is as follows:
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Case Study Continued
• He slept throughout the night. He currently has D51/2 NS with 20 KCL running at 125cc/hr through a double lumen Hickman catheter. Both lumen were flushed that morning, and both injection caps were changed. A CBC and CMP were both drawn. He is voiding per urinal, independent, and is on a regular diet. His lab results are not back yet. He was afebrile throughout the night and his vital signs are stable.
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Case Study Continued
• You verify allergies in the computer (he has none), and find that his lab results are back as follows: – WBC 500– Hgb 10– HCT 24.9– Plt 13,000– Neutrophils 35 – Bands 1
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Case Study Continued
• What is the ANC?• You go into the room to assess the patient.
– He is alert and orientated to person, place, time and situation
– Lungs are CTA bilaterally, respiratory rate is 16 – Heart rate is regular at 88bpm, BP 126/78,
Peripheral Pulses are positive, no edema, temperature is 37.7
– Abdomen is soft and non-tender, Bowel tones positive x4
– He has voided 350cc of clear yellow urine in the urinal without complaints of burning or frequency.
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Case Study
• When you go in at 1130 to do your noon assessment you find the same patient as follows: – He is unaware of where he is, and having a
difficult time staying wake, pulling at his Hickman. He is diaphoretic. His lungs are coarse and diminished in the bases. His respiratory rate is 22. His blood pressure is 90/68, heart rate is tachycardic at 124, peripheral pulses are present. His temperature is now 39.4, and he is having shaking chills.
• What do you do?
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Case Study Continued
• Call the physician and get order for: – Blood culture– Urine culture– Antibiotics (usually start with
ceftazadime)– Pack Red Blood Cells– Platlets
• After you get the above orders what do you do?
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Questions