Nurse-led Patient Empowerment Interventions for Female Breast Cancer Patient: A Literature Review

Abstract

According to the World Health Organization (2021) breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. To address the multifaceted challenges associated with breast cancer, nurse professionals play a crucial role in empowering patients through comprehensive care interventions. Thus, this literature review focuses on different nurse-led patient empowerment interventions for female breast cancer patients. The goal is to answer the research question: “What are nurse-led interventions to promote patient empowerment”? The findings reveal five unifying key components of nurse-led patient empowerment. Which were patient education, psychosocial support, self-care, telephone-based interventions, and coping methods. Through these five key components, nursing interventions can empower patients to regain control over their lives, make informed decisions, and achieve a higher quality of life. The results of this thesis highlighted that empowerment interventions could be utilized in oncology care with female breast cancer patients. This approach involves a collaborative partnership between nurses and patients. Nurses may also provide counselling and emotional support to help patients cope with the psychological challenges of breast cancer. Thus, implementing interventions that help patients feel more in control of their care, which can lead to better health outcomes. This literature review was conducted using deductive content analysis approach through databases EBSCOhost, CINAHL, PubMed, SAGE Journals and Science Direct. Inclusion criteria was predetermined which on the basis the articles were chosen. Eventually, twelve articles were chosen for review to evaluate the influence of nurse- led patient empowerment. The theoretical framework chosen to guide this thesis is the Comfort theory By Katharine Kolcaba.