Nursing care to patients with head and neck cancer undergoing radiotherapy
Abstract: Objective: developing the main diagnoses and nursing interventions related to complications of radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer. Method: a descriptive study developed in three stages: literature review in the databases MEDLINE and LILACS; identification of complications reported at least in 50% of the articles, which were xerostomia and mucositis and composition of diagnoses and nursing interventions according to the International Classification for Nursing Practice. Results: there were formulated the diagnoses: "Low Salivation" and "Inflammation of the Oral Mucous Membrane" and 40 nursing interventions. Conclusion: this study contributed in the organization of nursing care through the use of a standardized terminology for diagnoses and nursing interventions that support the nursing consultation in the sector of radiotherapy
- Alternative title
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Assistência de enfermagem a pacientes com câncer de cabeça e pescoço submetidos à radioterapia
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online ; 8 (2016) 1 ; 3820-3831
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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2016
- DOI
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10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i1.3820-3831
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53872-7
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Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Last update
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14.08.2025, 10:47 AM CEST
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Time of origin
- 2016