You have full access to this open access chapter. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation HSCT care is highly complex. This chapter focuses on the aspects of supportive care required following HSCT. Assessment tools are key component of nursing practice and are necessary for planning and providing patient-centered care.
HSCT care must be planned, implemented, and evaluated and is underpinned by collaboration with the entire multidisciplinary healthcare team. With supportive care following HSCT, we ultimately aim to improve the quality of life of our patients in the posttransplant period. Supportive care extends beyond symptom management and includes social, psychological, and spiritual care. The needs of the patient are multifactorial and can be complex, considering multiple issues at the e time and involving multiple disciplines.
Throughout supportive nursing care, our clinical competence is critical and is complemented by experience, knowledge, and awareness. You have full access to this open access chapter, Download chapter PDF. Highly complex nursing care is essential for the disease- and treatment-related health problems of patients with hematological diagnoses Kluin-Nelemans and Tanasale-Huisman The diagnoses within hematology are diverse but generally associated with a specific set of symptoms.
Hematological diseases can be broadly divided into malignant and nonmalignant hematological diseases. The underlying hematological disease and cumulative effects of previous therapy can influence the degree and range of side effects and symptoms experienced following HSCT conditioning therapy.
These effects can manifest as physical complaints such as fatigue, fever, infection, and bleeding and can result in complex illness necessitating specialist care and treatment.
