Assisting a Patient With Breast Cancer Recovery Successfully With Rogers' Theory

Friday, 26 July 2019

Pei Rong Wu, BSN
Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center ,Chiali, Tainan City 722, Taiwan
Pei Wen Wu, BSN
Angel Physiotherapy Home Care Clinic, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Purpose:

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women around the world, and the incidence is high in both developing and developed countries, and it poses a great threat to women's health. At the same time, "breast" is also an important feature of women. Once suffering from breast cancer, patients may experience many symptoms caused by treatments or complications from the beginning through recovery stages that may cause physical, psychological, and social problems.

Methods:

Many large-scale studies have confirmed that breast cancer screening using mammography can increase survival rate of the breast cancer. Studies have shown that breast cancer screening can reduce breast cancer mortality by 15%. After extensive use of mammography screening, the cancer in situ is increased. Currently, 80% of breast ductal carcinoma in situ is diagnosed by mammography, accounting for 20-30% of newly diagnosed breast cancer. Breast duct carcinoma in situ or zero-stage cancer is non-invasive, but its variability is extremely large and may develop to invasive ductal carcinoma.

Therefore, through a holistic assessment with physical therapy to assist a nursing experience in the diagnosis of carcinoma in situ due to breast cancer screening, the Rogers' theory is used as the basis and guidance in the care process to establish a mutually beneficial therapeutic interpersonal relationship with the case during the care period. Due to the operation, we try to customized the program of the physical therapy to regain the tension of the breast, range of motion of the shoulder and to reduce the pain.

Results:

Among four directions such as human beings, environment, health and nursing, we provide disease-related care methods and techniques all the time to improve self-care ability and reduce anxiety.

Conclusion:

Because there was no pain issue, early detection by family members, local excision treatment, and no radiotherapy after oncologist consultation, the patient is taking oral hormonal supplements and half-year follow-up, the current results are good without recurrence, although in the screening process There are already quite standard guidelines, but there is no compulsory, and I hope to use this nursing experience to provide nursing staff to vigorously promote breast cancer screening.