Kompleksowa opieka pielęgniarska nad chorą z rozpoznaniem raka piersi

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among both Polish and foreign women and is the main cause of their premature mortality. The aim of the manuscript was to present nursing activities focused on providing professional care for a patient diagnosed with breast cancer. The study covered a woman, aged 47, a resident of the Sanok poviat, who was diagnosed with right breast cancer in 2015 and underwent the necessary surgical treatment at the Oncological Surgery Department of the Specialist Hospital in Brzozów along with subsequent adjuvant treatment. The case study method was used. Patients diagnosed with breast cancer have many nursing problems both in the preoperative and postoperative periods. Many of those problems are of psychological nature. The nurse’s individual approach to a patient allows for effective minimization and prevention of many of such problems. Nursing activities undertaken in relation to the patient had a major effect on her general condition. During the patient’s stay in the hospital, she was provided with a sense of safety and well-being. The patient’s deficient knowledge in the field of independent postoperative wound care and adjuvant treatment was supplemented. Proper provision of comprehensive nursing care for oncological patients is possible thanks to the constantly acquiring and updating knowledge in the field. Due to the constantly growing number of patients diagnosed with breast cancer, it is necessary to raise nursing care standards.