Psychological nursing diagnosis for patients with endometrial cancer

We all know that a good nursing measure is very important for the recovery of a disease. A good nursing measure can prevent the occurrence of some diseases. At the same time, for patients with this disease, doing a good job of postoperative care can also be beneficial to the recovery of the disease. So for patients with uterine fibroids, what are its nursing measures?

Experts point out: In fact, for endometrial cancer, the key is to carry out comprehensive care in daily life, so what are the nursing measures for endometrial cancer? The following are some nursing measures for endometrial cancer summarized by the editor:

Endometrial cancer, also known as uterine body cancer, refers to cancer that occurs in the endometrium, most of which are adenocarcinomas. It is one of the three most common malignant tumors in the female reproductive tract, with a peak age of 58 to 61 years old, accounting for about 7% of all female cancers and 20 to 30% of female reproductive tract malignant tumors. In recent years, the incidence rate has been on the rise, approaching or even exceeding that of cervical cancer.

1. To calm patients’ fears, non-technical language should be used as much as possible so that patients can understand, help them reduce their anxiety and fear about the disease and surgery, build their confidence, and actively cooperate with treatment and care.

2. General care should strengthen nutrition and provide a high-calorie, high-protein, and high-vitamin diet.

3. Surgical patient care

(1) Preoperative care should include routine preparation, including visceral function examination and skin preparation.

(2) Patients should be advised that surgery is the treatment of choice and that laparotomy should be performed as long as the patient's general condition can tolerate it and there are no contraindications to surgery.

Patients in the early stage generally undergo total hysterectomy and bilateral adnexectomy. Stage II patients should undergo extensive total hysterectomy and bilateral pelvic lymph node dissection. For patients in stage Ia, if cancer cells are found in the ascites or deep muscle layer is infiltrated, and lymph node metastasis is suspected or positive, external irradiation should be added after surgery, using 60CO or linear accelerator external irradiation.

For patients with stage Ib uterus larger than 2 months of pregnancy, stage III and some stage IV patients can be irradiated before surgery or intracavitary irradiation with 137Cs, 192Ir, etc. Surgery can be performed within 1 to 2 weeks after the end of radiotherapy.