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Recommendations for self-management of fatigue in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers
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Welcome: Recommendations for self-management of fatigue in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) cancers
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Cancer-related fatigue is serious, complex, and habitually experienced symptom by patients with gastrointestional(GI)cancer. Findings of comprehensive review of managing fatigue assist to draw conclusion of recommendation of self-management guidelines. The information can be used for nursing practice, research, education and to set policies. This information is useful for nursing students to the advanced Oncology Nurse.
Grade Level: College / Adult
Curriculum: Professional Skills
Keywords: Self care, Gastrointestinal Cancer (GI), Cancer Fatigue, Nursing, Self management
Author(s): Kathy Browne
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Description: Self-care is a means of health improvement practiced by consumers according to preference including mobile health applications, magazines, and internets for self-monitoring of symptom management. This has been positively associated with better physical function, mental health, and quality of life; less symptom distress; and adaptive coping in chronically ill populations.
Description: Introduction to Oncology Nursing.
Description: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) defines cancer-related fatigue as “a distressing, persistent, subjective sense of physical, emotional and/or cognitive tiredness or exhaustion related to cancer or cancer treatment that is not proportional to recent activity and interferes with usual function”.
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