The Nursing Care of Children Receiving Chemotherapy Leukemia Case Study
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Nursing Care, Children, Leukemia, ChemotherapyAbstract
This article aims to 1. To provide nursing care for children with leukemia who are receiving chemotherapy. 2. To prevent and monitor adverse effects from chemotherapy. The care and nursing care for children who are receiving chemotherapy are very important. Therefore, nursing care according to nursing principles and processes and health assessment to collect data and plan appropriate nursing care to help reduce physical and mental problems, including changes in image because most patients who are receiving chemotherapy often have quite a few complications from treatment, which affect their health and daily life. If they are not monitored and do not provide good nursing care, it may affect the child’s next medication, which may not be complete as scheduled, causing the disease to recur. Therefore, nurses play an important role in providing nursing care for children who are receiving chemotherapy to prevent complications and help children receive medication and treatment continuously to promote children’s quality of life.
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