Preoperative and postoperative nursing diagnosis for colorectal cancer

What are the preoperative and postoperative nursing diagnoses for colorectal cancer? Nursing includes preoperative and postoperative care. Preoperative care for colon cancer includes psychological care: when a permanent artificial anus is required, it will bring inconvenience to the patient's life and mental burden. We should care about the patient and explain the necessity of the operation so that he can accept the surgical treatment in the best psychological state.

Before the operation, you should also strengthen your nutrition, correct anemia, and enhance your body's resistance. Try to give a high-protein, high-calorie, high-vitamin, easy-to-digest, low-residue diet to increase your tolerance to the operation. Adequate intestinal preparation to increase the success rate and safety of the operation. Give intestinal antibiotics 3 days before the operation to inhibit intestinal bacteria and prevent postoperative infection. Give liquid food 3 days before the operation and fast 1 day before the operation to reduce feces and facilitate intestinal cleaning. Perform full intestinal lavage 1 day before the operation according to the condition, and observe the effect of the lavage.

Postoperative care for colon cancer: Observe the patient's vital signs and changes in condition, observe the bleeding of the wound, fast after surgery, and eat after gastrointestinal decompression until intestinal peristalsis is restored. Diet should be gradual, drainage should be kept unobstructed, and the drainage tube should be flushed regularly according to the doctor's instructions. For those with long-term catheterization, the urethral opening should be cleaned daily to prevent urinary tract infection. Keep the skin around the fistula clean and dry, and apply zinc oxide ointment or lithospermum oil. Take good care of the artificial anus.

The above are the preoperative and postoperative care measures for patients with colon cancer. If patients with colon cancer choose surgical treatment, they should take preoperative and postoperative care measures before colon cancer treatment to better prepare for the surgery.