title: Management of oral complications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore what nurses were doing to prevent or treat oral complications related to cancer and cancer therapies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review articles, research studies, consensus statements, and data collection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Different practice patterns exist between physicians and nurses in providing oral care interventions. Nurses initiated less toxic and less costly interventions than those prescribed by physicians. Standard assessment parameters are used infrequently.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oral mucositis can be distressing by interfering with comfort, appetite, communication, and general well-being. Nurses need to initiate appropriate therapy for patient care.
authors.affiliation: Wright State University, College of Nursing and Health, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, USA.
authors.forename: Janet S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fulton
authors.forename: Gena J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: McPhail
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires