What are the nursing methods for advanced lung cancer

Nursing is very important for the treatment of patients with advanced lung cancer, including palliative care, symptom management, and meticulous clinical care and caring, thereby improving the quality of life of patients.

Nursing method for advanced lung cancer 1: pain control

Pain is the main symptom of patients with advanced lung cancer and has a great impact on patients. It is recommended to take Chinese medicine for treatment. For example, the anti-cancer active substance ginsenoside Rh2 extracted from ginseng can achieve the purpose of pain relief by cutting off the replication function of cancer cells. For the control of cancer pain, the three-step analgesic scheme should be correctly understood and applied:

1. Surface analgesia: massage, applying cooling analgesics, etc., you can also use various temperature stimulations, or use a 65°C hot water bottle on a wet towel for local hot compresses, 20 minutes each time, to achieve a certain analgesic effect.

2. Attention diversion analgesia method: Some measures can be taken according to the patient's preferences to achieve the purpose of diversion analgesia.

3. Relaxation analgesia method: let the patient close his eyes, lie flat with his hips and knees bent, relax his abdominal muscles and back muscles, and breathe slowly. Or let the patient close his eyes in a quiet environment and breathe in and out slowly and deeply, so that fresh air can enter the lungs to achieve the purpose of analgesia.

Nursing method for advanced lung cancer 2: Relieve symptoms

1. Prevention of bedsores: It is particularly important to prevent bedsores. Reduce local pressure, change body positions on time, and use air rings, soft pillows, etc. to pad the parts of the body that are prone to pressure to avoid long-term pressure. Keep the skin clean, especially for patients with incontinence, keep the bed clean and flat, and use a baking lamp to irradiate the broken skin to keep the local area dry.

2. Relieve symptoms: Fever is one of the main symptoms of lung cancer. Patients should be advised to keep warm and prevent colds to avoid pneumonia. For irritating coughs, cough suppressants can be given, or hot water can be drunk to relieve irritation in the throat. If there is coughing up blood, hemostatic drugs should be given. When coughing up blood in large quantities, notify the doctor immediately, and tilt the patient's head to one side, clear the blood in the mouth in time to prevent suffocation, and assist the doctor in rescue.

3. Condition observation and care: Patients with advanced lung cancer often have tumor metastasis to different parts of the body, causing different symptoms. Careful observation and appropriate care should be given.

Nursing method for advanced lung cancer 3: Pay attention to psychological care

Patients with advanced lung cancer may experience anxiety, fear, sadness, and often feel indifferent and lonely. We must have a high degree of compassion and responsibility, and strive to create a warm and harmonious environment for patients, place them in single rooms, speak in a friendly and sincere manner, encourage patients to express their psychological feelings, provide timely guidance, and actively introduce information about their condition's improvement to them.