Caring For Clients With Cancer
Sallie Dean, a 42-year-old female client with a history of lung cancer, is being treated with outpatient teletherapy (external radiation) treatments. After the treatment, she complains of fatigue; localized skin burns, owing to which the skin is dry and red; and a dry, hacking cough that has developed gradually after several treatments. The client asks the LPN/LVN at the cancer treatment center to discuss treatments for her symptoms.
a. Explain the various adverse effects and complications that the client may experience as a result of receiving external radiation to the upper chest area.
b. What methods may be used to treat the adverse effects the client is experiencing?
Explain the various adverse effects and complications that the client may experience as a result of receiving external radiation to the upper chest area.
