title: Helping employees and families cope with breast cancer treatment.
abstract: With respect to a lump in the breast, all findings can be considered significant until necessary evaluation is completed. Persons who have cancer often attribute all symptomatology to the disease; therefore, the nurse needs to allay fears about commonly occurring illnesses, while staying attuned to indications of metastasis. Keeping up-to-date with a rapidly changing field will be a challenge to nurses in the position to counsel and to have a positive effect on the lives of millions of women with or at risk for breast cancer. The occupational health nurse is in a strategic position to encourage prevention and surveillance, as well as to counsel employees during diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: McGee
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011368:Professional-Family Relations