Nursing care of colon cancer patients with hypertension undergoing colon surgery: A case study

Abstract

Introduction:  Colon cancer is an aggressive disease and patients have high risk of mortality. Most of patients had abnormal symptoms of disease before they came to meet doctors. The surgical treatment of colon cancer might increase survival rate of patients. Therefore, the objective of this study was to ensure patient safety. There were no complications from the surgery.

Method: A selective case was included during underwent the surgery and follow up to collect data from medical records.

Result: A Thai female patient aged 83 years old, with history of hypertension for 10 years. Patient had serverve abdominal pain, flatulence, vomiting, no defecation one day before hospitalization. Doctors diagnosis Transverse Colon Cancer with Hypertension underwent Explor Laboratory with Extened right hemicolectomy. After surgery, the patient  incubated and use a respirator. Provide nursing care for patients using standard ventilators. Patients with high blood pressure were given medication according to the treatment plan. The patient can extubation after surgery 6 days.  The patient’s symyoms improved sequentially. The patient had no complications. After that, the patient was discharge. Total length of stay in the hospital was 11 days.

Conclusion:   The operating room nurses play an important role in nursing both physical and mental surgery patients. By using the nursing process before surgery, during surgery and after surgery to keep patients safe from crisis and return to normal daily life in society.