Nurses and other health care providers need to become more vigilant in recognizing cancer survivors and attempting to link them with the support and resources that they require because
a. All health care agencies provide survivorship care plans.
b. Survivorship care plans are reviewed with the patient after the patient goes home.
c. Many survivors are discharged with no survivor plan.
d. The plan does not deal with future cancer care.
C
Even though Internet guidelines for care plans are available, many survivors do not receive care at NCI-designated cancer centers and are discharged with no survivor plan. Thus nurses and other health care providers need to become more vigilant in recognizing cancer survivors and attempting to link them with the support and resources they require. Survivor plans are not always developed, and health insurance companies do not routinely cover this type of care. Ideally, the nurse reviews a survivorship care plan with a patient at the time of discharge from a treatment program. The plan becomes a guide for any future cancer or cancer-related care.
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