Nursing Care for Leukemia Patients

The below table shows the corresponding nursing care & interventions for the nursing diagnoses listed in my related post: Leukemia: Nursing Diagnoses and Priorities.

The below website and textbook provided the information outlined above. Particularly, I have used this website for other specific nursing diagnoses and plans of care, and it provides all the information a learning nurse needs in clear and easy-to-follow order!

Sources: NurseLabs.com &

Lewis, M.S., Dirksen, S., & Heitkemper, M.M. et al. (2014). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (9th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. (LDH-9th)

Leukemia: Nursing Diagnoses and Priorities

The below table shows potential nursing diagnoses for a patient with a form of leukemia.

Additionally here is another table for Risk of Infection, this time including the related nursing care.

The below website and textbook provided the information outlined above. Particularly, I have used this website for other specific nursing diagnoses and plans of care, and it provides all the information a learning nurse needs in clear and easy-to-follow order! 

Sources: NurseLabs.com &

Lewis, M.S., Dirksen, S., & Heitkemper, M.M. et al. (2014). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (9th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby. (LDH-9th)

Leukemia Treatment

Comparing treatments of the four main forms of leukemia.

Here is a helpful video from Khan Academy that simplifies three leukemia treatments: chemotherapy, radiation, and blood transfusion.

Here is a table I created listing the current list of Drugs Approved for Leukemia.

Helpful resource from Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Understanding Side Effects of Drug Therapy (PDF)

Sources: NIH: National Cancer Institute, Khan Academy, and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Key Article/Source: NIH Leukemia website