Question

Family and/or caregiver roles in support of the person with leukemia disease

Answer 1

Ans) Family and/or caregiver roles in support of the person with leukemia disease:

- Listen, explore sources of anxiety, offer explanations and repeat pen, patient in the decisions for care, encourage self care as able and consider relaxation techniques.

- Clarify and supply information, assist and support family in planning and participating in care, refer to hospice if patient /family wish and arrange spiritual support if patient/family desire.

- TEACHING!!! --> teach parents to recognize symptoms that demand medical attention.

- The nurse must recognize what side effects are normal and which reactions indicate toxicity, signs of infection, mucosal ulceration, hemorrhagic cystitis, peripheral neuropathy, and constipation require medical attention.