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Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Gynecologic Cancer
Published on: April 17, 2012
[Nursing care in patients undergoing radiological surgery. A case report]
David Armero-Barranco1, María Ruiz-Mateos, Miguel Alcaraz-Baños
1Departamento de Enfermería, Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España. darmero@um.es
Abstract:
We report the case of a 73-year-old man with medical diagnoses of long-standing diabetes mellitus, chronic ischemia of the lower limbs and intermittent claudication, for which the patient had been treated with minimally invasive radiological surgery. On arrival at the radiology unit, the patient had nursing diagnoses of anxiety and fear. Intraoperatively, the client had nursing diagnoses of pain, urine retention and infection risk. At discharge, a collaboration problem was detected and hemorrhagic risk. The patient received individualized nursing care. Interventions were planned following the nursing intervention classification (NIC) and the expected results for these interventions followed the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) taxonomy. The application of an appropriate nursing care plan contributes to making the patient's hospital stay easier, more comfortable and less traumatic.
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