Chemotherapy is one way of treating cancer. Some clients are sensitive to chemotherapy. Another option is bone marrow transplantation or stem cell transplantation
Stem cell transplantation has replaced bone marrow transplantation, which is an older method of practice.
a. How does stem cell transplantation work?
b. What are stem cell transplants?
c. What is the nursing management with a client who has received stem cells?
Students' answers should include the following:
a. Discussion should include how stem cells are obtained in adults and children, which are the preferred cells, and why.
b. Discussion on stem cell transplantation should include the three types of stem cell transplants: autologous, allogeneic, and syngeneic and what each one is. One of these three types is rarely done because the tissue involved must come from an identical twin.
c. Discussion should include the nursing management role before during, and after stem cell transplantation. Also, discuss what the nurse must monitor like complications for bleeding, renal impairment, and liver damage. What kind of family support and emotional support does the client need through all of this should also be discussed.
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