How do New Zealand nurses who work in the area of oncology educate and provide follow-up support to patients who are prescribed oral capecitabine and what are nurses’ perceptions of this process?

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How do New Zealand nurses who work in the area of oncology educate and provide follow-up support to patients who are prescribed oral capecitabine and what are nurses’ perceptions of this process?

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Oral therapy is an increasingly popular treatment option for individuals with cancer, replacing the traditional method of administering this treatment intravenously (IV). When chemotherapy is given IV the responsibility for administration rests with health professionals and it is usually given in a medical environment such as a chemotherapy outpatient clinic. With oral chemotherapy, the patient or his/her caregivers are responsible for administering the medication. Both IV and oral therapy ha...

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2016

Creator

Reid, Carol

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6358

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New Zealand / registered nurses / oncology outpatients / oral chemotherapy / capecitabine / compliance / patient education / support / perceptions / interviews / Health sciences / Nursing / Sub-acute care / Biomedical and clinical sciences / Oncology and carcinogenesis / Chemotherapy

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