A structured nursing intervention to address oral chemotherapy adherence in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 383-389

  Boucher, Jean ^a,b   Lucca, Joan ^a   Hooper, Catherine ^a   Pedulla, Lillian ^a   Berry, Donna L ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts Worcester   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Knowledge; Lung cancer; Oncology nursing; Oral chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ERLOTINIB;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BOSTON; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; ERLOTINIB HYDROCHLORIDE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84933054094     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/15.ONF.383-389     Document Type: Article

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