Oncologic emergencies: nursing care proposed in literature
Introduction: Cancer patients need special care which improve their quality of life and protect them from complications. Nevertheless, it is not always possible to prevent undesired events, thus knowledge on oncologic emergencies is needed for fast interventions that can save lives. Objectives: To i...
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Universidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa
2008-11-01
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| author | Suelem Cristina Pignatari Renata Cristina Campos Pereira Silveira Emília Campos Carvalho |
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| description | Introduction: Cancer patients need special care which improve their quality of life and protect them from complications. Nevertheless, it is not always possible to prevent undesired events, thus knowledge on oncologic emergencies is needed for fast interventions that can save lives. Objectives: To identify the knowledge about nursing care in oncologic emergencies and present nursing interventions mentioned for these situations. Method: Integrative literature review, using LILACS and PubMed databases for the search of articles, 30 of them were selected. Results: Among the articles’ authors, 56,7% are nurses and 40% of the journals are nursing journals. Knowledge and interventions in nursing appeared in only 26,7% of the articles, however, were described in a detailed way and valuing comprehensive care to patient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c23cba6e76d643cf9b360c7f7e05bcdd2023-09-02T23:10:32ZengUniversidade Federal Fluminense, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso CostaOnline Brazilian Journal of Nursing1676-42852008-11-0173Oncologic emergencies: nursing care proposed in literatureSuelem Cristina PignatariRenata Cristina Campos Pereira SilveiraEmília Campos CarvalhoIntroduction: Cancer patients need special care which improve their quality of life and protect them from complications. Nevertheless, it is not always possible to prevent undesired events, thus knowledge on oncologic emergencies is needed for fast interventions that can save lives. Objectives: To identify the knowledge about nursing care in oncologic emergencies and present nursing interventions mentioned for these situations. Method: Integrative literature review, using LILACS and PubMed databases for the search of articles, 30 of them were selected. Results: Among the articles’ authors, 56,7% are nurses and 40% of the journals are nursing journals. Knowledge and interventions in nursing appeared in only 26,7% of the articles, however, were described in a detailed way and valuing comprehensive care to patient.http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/1863Nursing careEmergency nursingMedical oncology |
| spellingShingle | Suelem Cristina Pignatari Renata Cristina Campos Pereira Silveira Emília Campos Carvalho Oncologic emergencies: nursing care proposed in literature Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing Nursing care Emergency nursing Medical oncology |
| title | Oncologic emergencies: nursing care proposed in literature |
| title_full | Oncologic emergencies: nursing care proposed in literature |
| title_fullStr | Oncologic emergencies: nursing care proposed in literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oncologic emergencies: nursing care proposed in literature |
| title_short | Oncologic emergencies: nursing care proposed in literature |
| title_sort | oncologic emergencies nursing care proposed in literature |
| topic | Nursing care Emergency nursing Medical oncology |
| url | http://www.objnursing.uff.br/index.php/nursing/article/view/1863 |
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