Counseling and palliative care for patients with pancreatic cancer: a literature review
Kibatha, Beatrice (2019)
2019
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Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading prevalent cause of cancer deaths. Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients associated with a life-threatening illness.
The purpose of this thesis was to find out the role of the nurse by focusing on the counseling and palliative care offered to the cancer patients. The goal was to find out the importance of improving the quality of life for the cancer patient and to provide the nurses with knowledge regarding the different approaches of counseling in the palliative care of a pancreatic cancer patient thus improving the quality of life.
A literature review study method was used to articulate knowledge to nurses regarding the importance of counseling and palliative care of a pancreatic cancer patient and the importance of improving the quality of life for the patient.
The findings of this thesis discussed more on the role of the nurse and the importance of improving the quality of life to the patient. Quality of life in cancer is achieved by breaking down information to the patient in a sensitive manner. This entails providing information about the cancer and creating awareness and education.
The roles of the nurse include; providing proactive communication, offering support to the patient through symptom management and care planning techniques, providing a comprehensive assessment when it comes to elderly cancer patients, regulating pain by implementing both pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain interventions, providing sexual health education and counseling the patient on chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments, fatigue, caxechia, nutritional supplementation techniques, dietary counselling and exercise programs.
The purpose of this thesis was to find out the role of the nurse by focusing on the counseling and palliative care offered to the cancer patients. The goal was to find out the importance of improving the quality of life for the cancer patient and to provide the nurses with knowledge regarding the different approaches of counseling in the palliative care of a pancreatic cancer patient thus improving the quality of life.
A literature review study method was used to articulate knowledge to nurses regarding the importance of counseling and palliative care of a pancreatic cancer patient and the importance of improving the quality of life for the patient.
The findings of this thesis discussed more on the role of the nurse and the importance of improving the quality of life to the patient. Quality of life in cancer is achieved by breaking down information to the patient in a sensitive manner. This entails providing information about the cancer and creating awareness and education.
The roles of the nurse include; providing proactive communication, offering support to the patient through symptom management and care planning techniques, providing a comprehensive assessment when it comes to elderly cancer patients, regulating pain by implementing both pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain interventions, providing sexual health education and counseling the patient on chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments, fatigue, caxechia, nutritional supplementation techniques, dietary counselling and exercise programs.