Humanized Nursing Care In Breast Cancer

Humanized Nursing Care in Breast Cancer

Introduction

At present, the term quality of life not only covers food, sociological or economic functions, but also speaks of an adequate state of health from the physical, social, psychological and spiritual field. In this context, the quality of life of a woman with breast cancer is large. In this case, the nurse should help women improve her perspective for her, so that the patient looks at the future as a constant opportunity to combat the truth and not as an aspect that is diminishing the vitality of her day to day.

Developing

Communication is very vitality for anyone, and especially for women with breast cancer, so the nurse (O) must establish a pleasant relationship with the patient in the nursing interview in the first contact with the person, during the follow -up that is done in the treatments to combat cancer and after each procedure performed or after the patient has managed to overcome the disease. 

In this it can be seen that nursing care is not only covered in the phase of preparation and administration of oncological medicines, but also to include the psychological and educational aspect to the person; to mainly provide two fundamental things that provide the patient with a therapeutic support to be able to face the disease, which are:

Provide women with breast cancer with psychological support that is full, affectionate, assertive, empathic and timely; so that she does not surrender to her disease and do not go to her energies during the treatment process she would take from the moment she is diagnosed and after receiving the final results of the whole process.

Provide the patient and family with the necessary information about their illness and the evolution of it that will contribute to decrease the patient’s uncertainty, which indirectly will help reduce the stress levels that the oncological therapeutic process can cause. On the other hand, communication on the pathological process to the patient’s relatives is only avoided in a particular case; And that is when the patient himself refuses or does not authorize his relatives and person close to her.

Marjory Gordon functional patterns

This nursing theory allows us to assess women with breast cancer, since the 11 patterns functions describe a series of 11 health -related evaluation areas, with carrying that the nurse formulates a more nursing diagnosis exact.

Evidence -based nursing (EBE) 

It bases that the nurse should not only treat and meet the current needs and derived from current disease, but must investigate more to provide women with a complete and pertinent care. Some methods of realization of this type of attention are:

• Supporting the patient’s commitment in the care process.
• Favoring and promoting the recovery and autonomy of the patient.
• Ensuring the continuity and coordination of their care.
• Takenly taken into account the patient’s comments and suggestions.

self-care theory

Dorotea Orem proposes in her theory so that the patient can take care of himself, in the case of the oncological patient, the nurse temporarily can delegate simple activities temporarily so that the physical, psychological and spiritual capacity is returned her; and little by little it is returned the independence and well -being of it as a person.

Uncertainty theory

Uncertainty is a cognitive state that occurs when the person does not have enough information about a certain fact or event. The woman with breast cancer is in a moment of constant uncertainty that produces huge amounts of stress; That is why the nurse must promote a relationship of trust so that the patient express emotions of stress, fear, anxiety, doubt for her state of health not to weaken even more.

Coping theory

The fundamental objective of nursing care will be to reduce tension and stress, fear and provide the oncological patient with a positive motivation to improve their quality of life.

"Caring" theory for transpersonal care

Jean Watson bases his transpersonal care on 10 charitable factors, which he calls caring or careful faces, this type of attention places the nurse (O) and the woman with cancer as two spiritual people and with similar characteristics, where the nurse attends And take care of the patient preserving her dignity as a woman and trying to meet her human needs, not only in the physical, biological, psychological and social part; but also in the spiritual part, which considerably influences the health of the oncological patient.

These are the main theories that must be applied for the execution of humanized care to women with breast cancer; because not only provides attention focused on the pharmacological, mechanical or administrative part to the person; but it gives you complete care in every aspect of the person, considering it as human, as a complex being that needs support to fight against a disease that very frequently harms women everywhere the world.

conclusion

Women with breast cancer identify the nurse (O) as a affectionate being and that serves as a link to communicate with other health professionals. Users have the desire that the professional nurse has theoretical and technical competences; But above all competition and empathic ability to understand her phase of her fighting cancer. Patients do not want a nurse or mechanical nurse in the fulfillment of their activities; They want a more human nurse or nurse, to see them as complete and unique people; And not only as a simple number of bed or medical history within the Mamaría Oncology Service.