Nursing Considerations for Patients Treated with Targeted Therapies

Potential role of immunotherapy and targeted therapy in the treatment of cancer: A contemporary nursing practice

“…On the other hand, some targeted therapies need to be administered with water and food to minimize esophagitis and ameliorate bioavailability. Nurses need to have a better understanding regarding the unique administration instructions of targeted therapies so that patients can be appropriately advised [ 218 ].…”

“…Indeed, patient education is an ongoing and dynamic process and might involve the usage of authorized tools and reminder cues, brochures, and asking to provide feedback in order to ameliorate application and information retention. MOATT is now available in 12 languages and endorses that education sessions should be structured to evaluate the patient's comprehension regarding the information presented via questioning, review drug-specific instructions such as potential interactions, side effects, schedule, and doses, offer general information on remembering, disposal, handling, and storage to administer oral cancer therapies and how to report side effects, and assess understanding of patients regarding their diseases, current medications, treatment plan, and capacity to obtain and administer an oral cancer therapy [ 218 , 220 ].…”