Psychological counseling for patients with rectal cancer

Rectal cancer is a common malignant tumor of the digestive tract. Once diagnosed, patients will experience great psychological pressure, which can easily lead to depression and loss of confidence in fighting the disease, affecting the treatment and nursing work. Therefore, psychological counseling for patients with rectal cancer is very important.

1. Try to cooperate with the patient's psychological needs and learn to think from his or her perspective.

For patients who are skeptical, satisfy their desire to undergo various examinations and explain the relevant situation to them patiently and carefully.

2. Provide comfort and spiritual encouragement to patients.

For patients who are negative and hopeless, we should give them spiritual comfort, provide good mental care and life guidance, and tell them about the treatment process and recuperation methods of some cured cases, so that they can build up their confidence, be encouraged spiritually, and see hope in treatment.

3. We must learn to care for critically ill patients and provide them with meticulous nursing care.

For patients who need a permanent artificial anus, the impact of the operation on the patient should be tactfully informed before the operation. Careful postoperative care can eliminate the patient's mental pain, enhance the patient's sense of trust and security, and build up the patient's confidence in overcoming the disease.

4. Protect the patient's optimism.

Within one week after the operation, especially when fecal overflow occurs, the patient's self-image will be hit and he or she will often feel a sense of pain that is worse than death. During this period, it is recommended to reduce visits from relatives and friends to avoid irritating the patient.

5. Infect patients with confidence and enthusiasm.

We should have a high degree of sympathy and sense of responsibility for patients, treat them equally, and infect them with a confident spirit and enthusiastic attitude.