Question

Breast and lymphatics

due 2 nursing diagnosis and 2 care plans

Answer 1

Lymphatic system has a big role in breast cancer. This system is the most common metastatic route.

In nursing diagnosis, the thorough study of the patient and the prevailing disease is required. After this diagnosis a final decision is made and the care plans are made and then implemented.

In the due coarse of treatment of big problems like breasts cancer or tumors, it is difficult for a patient to maintain her mental stability besides bearing pains. It is then a duty of nurses to provide full psychological support beside the patient's family.

Such care plans include  checking of adverse effects of radiation treatment such as fatigue, sore throat, dry cough, nausea, etc. The patient need to be taken care of in regard of bone marrow suppression, nausea and vomiting, alopecia, weight gain or loss, fatigue, stomatitis, anxiety, and depression, as a result of chemotherapy.