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Providing instructions regarding regular breast or testicular self-examinations
Respecting the client’s lifestyle choices
Teaching about health promotion programs regarding risks for cancer
Teaching about health screening measures for cancer

Psychosocial Integrity

Assessing the client’s ability to cope, adapt, and/or solve problems during
illness or stressful events
Assessing the concerns of the client who survived cancer
Assisting the client and family to cope with the alteration in body image
Discussing end-of-life and grief and loss issues related to death and the dying
process
Mobilizing appropriate support and resource systems
Promoting a positive environment to maintain optimal quality of life
Respecting religious, spiritual, and cultural preferences

Physiological Integrity

Administering blood and blood products
Caring for central venous access devices and implanted ports
Caring for the client receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy
Managing pain
Monitoring diagnostic tests and laboratory values, such as white blood cell and
platelet counts
Monitoring for expected and unexpected responses to radiation and
chemotherapy
Protecting the client from the life-threatening adverse effects of treatments
Providing basic care and comfort
Providing nutrition

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