Poster Presentation
Friday, July 13, 2007
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Friday, July 13, 2007
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
The effectiveness of the care map on the patients with lung caner under chemotherapy
Hui-Wen Huang, BN1, Yu-Chu Pai2, and Shu-Hui Lin, BN1. (1) NURSING DEPARTMENT, TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL, Taipei, Taiwan, (2) Nursing Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital(TVGH), Taipei, Taiwan
| Learning Objective #1: the effectiveness of utilizing the care map on lung cancer patients under chemotherapy |
| Learning Objective #2: the reference for medical staff on clinical care, to improve the satisfaction of lung cancer patients |
This research explored the effectiveness of utilizing the care map on lung cancer patients under chemotherapy. By randomly selecting, this study utilized quasi-experimental design to collect data. Experimental group applies care map on lung cancer patients in clinical care; control group maintains the original care method. Research object is the lung cancer patient under chemotherapy, and research tools include profiles of patients, care map on lung cancer patients under chemotherapy, record of variation of clinical trial of cancer patients, and satisfaction of patients. Based on Cronbach’s α of .896 and descriptive and inferable statistics to analyze. The results find the average days of hospitalization on experimental group is 2.427 days shorter than that on control group, and the average fee on experimental group is $13,506 less than on control group as well. 9 patients who didn’t re-hospitalize within 14 days on experimental group (8.2%) and 19 on control group (17.3%). The satisfaction of patients on experimental group is 4.12, and 3.72 on control group,(t=6.844, p<0.001). After analyzing the main variants of care map under chemotherapy, the major findings of both groups are stated as follows, abnormalities of blood record, side effect of chemotherapy, infection on urinary system, change of sickness situation, increase of blood sugar, no change by self consciousness (3), delay of operation, operation (on-port-A), examination, delay of examination or record, change of sickness situation, weakness (2), infection of Prot-A, favor, vomit and so on. This research could be the reference for medical staff on clinical care, to improve the satisfaction of lung cancer patients, to eliminate the cost of hospitalization, to decrease the ratio of unplanned re-hospitalization of lung cancer patients, and to achieve the goal to care patients.