Feasibility Study of a Nurse Intervention to Impact Mucositis Severity and Prevent Dehydration

"The registered nurse (RN) will teach good mouth care and management of sore mouth or throat (mucositis) symptoms to the patient for self-management at home. The RN will then call the patient twice every week to continue educating and coaching the patient about the mucositis self-management. The patient will receive the Symptom Management (SxM) Toolkit which is a written educational guide known as the Cancer Treatment Symptom Management Education Toolkit geared to help the patient manage their symptoms of sore mouth and throat at home in order to prevent dehydration."

The patient will complete the Drinks Diary daily by recording the all oral fluid ingested and also record the number of times the bathroom is used.