Health problems in the care of a patient with prostate cancer
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Data wydania
2024
TytuĆ czasopisma
ISSN
eISSN
TytuĆ tomu
ISBN
978-83-67491-41-9
eISBN
978-83-67491-19-8
Wydawca
Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM
Abstrakt
Prostate cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in men worldwide,
after lung cancer. In the early stages in Poland it is usually detected accidentally.
Despite effective treatment methods, a large group of men with symptoms
of disseminated cancer process become patients of palliative care. This chapter reports
the case of a man, aged 89, residing in an inpatient hospice with a diagnosis
of advanced prostate cancer (Gleason Score 5 + 3 = 8), with bone metastasis,
who had previously been treated with hormone therapy. At the time of nursing
care, the patient scored ten points on the Barthel Index, seven points on the NRS
pain scale, and nineteen points on the MNA nutrition scale and had a BMI of
20.76. He showed incomplete acceptance of the disease (twenty points on the AIS
scale) and features of mild depression (seventeen points on the Beck depression
scale). The main health problems/nursing diagnosis are pain, swelling, difficult
urination, constipation, weakness and malnutrition. End-stage prostate cancer
has a strong impact on the ability to perform daily activities and limits independence.
Caring for cancer patients requires nurses to be highly qualified and skilled,
as well as capable of showing understanding and compassion.
Opis
SĆowa kluczowe
ĆčrĂłdĆo
W: Family - Health - Disease. (red.) Filip GoĆkowski, GraĆŒyna DÄbska. KrakĂłw: Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM, 2024, s. 123-142.