Postoperative Psychological Care For Breast Cancer Patients : A Literature Review
Hou, Yiwen (2021)
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021061816345
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021061816345
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Breast cancer is a common tumor of the female breast. In Finland, in excess of 5,000 females are reported to have breast cancer each year. The main reason for choosing the topic was the intention to make nurses put more emphasis on psychological care, and the purpose of this thesis which aims at studying the psychological care after breast cancer surgery is to help alleviate the psychological pain and reduce the negative emotions of patients after the surgery. In this study, practical postoperative psychological care guidance is provided to facilitate the recovery.
A literature review is the basis of this study, and eight articles of the last six years from the CINAHL database were selected for the study.
In summary, three types of psychological care for postoperative breast cancer patients have been found in this study, which are emotional support, adjuvant therapy and education about breast reconstruction. Further research should focus on breast cancer postoperative psychological nursing care quality and the effectiveness of the nursing care methods in practice.
A literature review is the basis of this study, and eight articles of the last six years from the CINAHL database were selected for the study.
In summary, three types of psychological care for postoperative breast cancer patients have been found in this study, which are emotional support, adjuvant therapy and education about breast reconstruction. Further research should focus on breast cancer postoperative psychological nursing care quality and the effectiveness of the nursing care methods in practice.