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Cuidados De Enfermagem Para Pacientes Oncológicos Em Tratamento De Radioterapia : Uma Revisao De Literatura Nursing Care for Patients Oncology in Treatment of Radiotherapy : a Review of Literature
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Souza, Andréia C. De |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | With the advancement of medical technologies, other areas of health must evolve following the changes. Thus, nursing has been specializing and becoming established in the multidisciplinary teams of health facilities. Radiotherapy, a technology that employs ionizing radiation, is one of the cancer treatment options. Patients who use this treatment may develop some symptoms that are inherent to radiation exposure such as xerostomia, trismus, mucositis, radiodermatitis and osteoradionecrosis. Nursing, through the systematization of nursing care and consultation, seeks to provide guidelines and when necessary, care that aims to reduce the patient's discomfort when developing the adverse effects of the treatment. This work, through a bibliographical review, aimed to show the main symptoms related to radiotherapy treatment and based on the nursing diagnosis, to exemplify care and guidelines that can be passed on to patients and their families, in order to improve the quality of life of the patient. patient. Scientific bases were used, data from INCA and the Ministry of Health. With this research it was concluded that the nurse practitioner, through systematization and without losing the human character, can help the patient with targeted measures and always taking into consideration the individual and family environment. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.mastereditora.com.br/periodico/20180704_092734.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |