Abstract
Oncology nurses provide care to patients and their families across the
cancer care continuum including counselling patients on issues
related to treatment completion, providing education directed towards
the prevention of side effects, assessing and managing symptoms, and
follow-up. Believing that a nursing-specific perspective related to
these concerns was necessary to improve care for patients with
resected, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving adjuvant
chemotherapy, a nursing guidance report was initiated. This report
was developed by utilizing evidence retrieved in a practice guideline
report, general principles established by CANO/ACIO, Fitch’s
supportive care model, and the clinical experiences of Lung DSG
members. Evidence on the toxicity and adverse events that are caused
by adjuvant chemotherapy and side effects and symptoms that are
amenable to nursing intervention are highlighted and discussed.