化学療法を受けるがん患者・家族へケアを実践する看護師の困難と対処 : 一定地域に位置づくS大学病院での調査

Nurse

看護総合科学研究会誌

The purpose of this study is to describe nurse's difficulty and coping in caring for cancer patients and their family during chemotherapy at a hospital (in-patient, out-patients) located within the cornmunity setting. The participants were thirty one nurses who care for in-patients and their family during chemotherapy for cancer. The data were collected through for the semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed inductively for the theme. As a result, nurse's difficulty identified as ten themes such as "inadequate to care for patients with symptoms reacting to chemotherapy for cancer", "difficulty of patient education for patients with cognitive deficit" and coping for them identified as thirteen themes such as "implementing devices for caring for cancer patients" "implementing orientation before chemotherapy for cancer". With recent advances in technology of cancer treatment developing, it is difficult for nurse to care for cancer patients and their family during current chemotherapy, and to deal with multiple problems for their situation or condition.