A new education package covering every aspect of the management of chemotherapy‐ and radiotherapy‐ induced emesis is currently being produced by the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care in collaboration with Glaxo. It is intended to have wide application and can be used as a distance‐learning package by nurses working alone, or is also suitable for use in lectures, seminars and group teaching. The whole package is, therefore, presented as a manual for individual use accompanied by a set of slides and lecture