Nursing actions facing reactions to chemotherapy in oncological patients

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Objective: Describing the action of nursing facing the chemotherapy reactions in oncological patients. Method: Integrated review of literature of 14 scientific articles published in the last 10 years. Results: The adverse reactions inherent to the chemotherapy treatment manifested by the patients are frequent. Nausea and vomit were the main reactions described in chemotherapy. The nursing job is developed through the orientation before and during the treatment and has as an primordial objective the improvement of the psychological state of the patient, ensuring security in the proposed treatment. Conclusion: The orientation leads to a better acceptance of chemotherapy, favoring the continuation of the treatment. The need of an improvement of the registers of nursing was evidenced, as well as the implementation of the evaluation process in the construction of to evaluate the procedure and or specific interventions.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Ações de enfermagem frente às reações a quimioterápicos em pacientes oncológicos ; Acciones de enfermería delante las reacciones a quimioterapéuticos en pacientes con câncer
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 2440-2452
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Therapie ; Krebs ; Auswirkung ; Krankenpflege ; Chemie ; Arzneimittel ; Patient ; psychische Gesundheit

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Guimarães, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro ; Gonçalves, Renata Patrícia Fonseca ; Lima, Cássio de Almeida ; Torres, Marcelo Rocha ; Silva, Carla Silvana de Oliveira e
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i2.2440-2452
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54284-8
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST