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Sandra Spoelstra, PhD, RN, on Educating Patients About Oral Agents

Sandra Spoelstra, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Michigan State University, discusses educating patients about oral agents.

Sandra Spoelstra, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Michigan State University, discusses educating patients about oral agents.

“It has to be able to fit into the real-world setting or no one’s going to do it again,” she says. “It might be a beautiful intervention — but if it takes two hours, it’s not going to happen.”

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