An Evaluation of Mucositis Assessment Guides for Nurses and the Use of Care Protocols.

Oral mucositis, known as stomatitis, is a common complication of cancer treatments. This study was planned to determine whether nurses use a standard diagnostic questionnaire for oral mucositis and ascertain their knowledge about assessing and managing mucositis. The study design was descriptive and correlational. The research included nurses working at the adult and pediatric clinics, oncology, hematology, intensive care and transplantation service and polyclinics of 2 university and 2 state hospitals in Istanbul. Datawas collected with anOral Mucositis Diagnostic Form and an Oral Care Practices Assessment Form. 69 % of the nurses working at the university hospitals and of 5.4 % of those working at the state hospitals were using the oral mucositi