Jeannine Brant on Managing Pain with Opioids for Patients with Cancer
Jeannine Brant discusses the effect of recent focus on opioid and opioid addiction on the use of opioid agents in pain management of patients with cancer.
Jeannine Brant, PhD, APRN-CNS, AOCN, Billings Clinic, discusses using opioids to treat cancer-related pain.
The issue of opioids has been getting a lot of attention recently. However, the pain a patient with cancer experiences is different from other, non-malignant pain. And preventing that pain is necessary to maintain their quality of life. Because of that, there will be patients with cancer who need to use opioids. However, patients with a substance use disorder should be taken into consideration. Brant points out that there are ways to manage those patients who are at high risk of such disorders.
Oncology Nurses Provide Patients an Avenue to Supportive Care
November 12th 2019Palliative care is often associated with a patient entering end of life treatment and giving up on their treatment, but that isn't the reality of what id can do for patients. And oncology nurses can help guide patients to the right supportive care for them.
Hyman B. Muss Discusses the Importance of Nurses in Treating Pregnant Women With Breast Cancer
March 23rd 2016Hyman B. Muss, MD, professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, discusses the vital roles that nurses play when it comes to treating pregnant women with breast cancer.
Kimberly J. Van Zee on Nomograms Helping in DCIS Treatment Decision-Making
March 18th 2016Kimberly J. Van Zee, MS, MD, FACS, attending surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the institution's newly-developed nomogram that can help women make treatment decisions about ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
